Impact of skeletal muscle quality on two-year trajectory of exercise capacity after lung transplantation

Conclusion: Exercise capacity may recover slowly in second year after LTx, especially in patients with poor quality of skeletal muscles before LTx. These patients may require prolonged physical therapy or other intervention.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Oshima, Y., Sato, S., Yoshioka, Y., Hamada, R., Sato, T., Chen-Yoshikawa, T., Date, H., Matsuda, S. Tags: Physiotherapists Source Type: research