… response to exercise, with some maintaining the normal fall in EELV throughout exercise
while others … In most of our COPD patients end expiratory Vcw increased with exercise, but in a …

… Flow limitation is evident on the flow volume curve. Muscle weakness is coupled with an
increased requirement of inspiratory pressure generation. Diffusion lung properties are …

… We included COPD individuals with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ) ≤60%
of predicted as determined by the Hankinson reference equations. We excluded individuals …

… COPD patients, who became EFL at various exercise levels. Our intervention abolished EFL
almost completely both at rest and during exercise … EFL and DH in COPD patients, noted in …

… chest wall volume during exercise in COPD—euvolumic patients who try to reduce end
expiratory chest wall volume during exercise and hyperinflators who let the chest wall volume rise…

… This last point was used during the analysis as the reference point to locate the MEFV as
well as the partial expiratory flow volume curves over the volume axis (Figure 1). The partial …

… exercise in normal subjects and COPD patients was assessed. It was reasoned that, if the
MCA test is reliable during exercise, flow … The maximal expiratory flow volume curve measured …

… flow limitation promotes dynamic hyperinflation during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD… inspiratory capacity (IC), limiting their exercise tolerance. Therefore, the …

… is inevitable if patients are sufficiently flow limited. There can be no doubt that dynamic
hyperinflation is a common and potent mechanism limiting exercise in COPD. A great deal of …

… of exercise limitation in COPD and discuss their relative contribution to exercise intolerance
in … Figure 2 Examples of flow volume loops obtained in one healthy subject and one patient …