Why the study?
Does muscle metaboreflex activation via PECO increase ventilation in COPD patients compared to healthy controls?
Does muscle metaboreflex activation via PECO increase ventilation in COPD patients compared to healthy controls?
Muscle metaboreflex activation causes increased ventilation in COPD patients but not healthy controls, suggesting abnormal muscle afferent involvement that may contribute to exercise dyspnea.
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May sustain ventilation post-PECO in COPD; hypothesis-generating for afferent contributions to dyspnea, needs prospective confirmation.
Bruce et al. (2016) studied this question.
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