Altered skeletal muscle function and beneficial effects of exercise training in a rat model of induced pulmonary emphysema.
Emilie PasserieuxElodie DesplancheLaurie AlburquerqueQuentin WynandsAxel BellangerAnne VirsolvyFarés GouziOlivier CazorlaArnaud BourdinMaurice HayotPascal PomiesPublished in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2024)
Our rat model of induced emphysema, which shares some features with the phenotype present in patients with COPD, could represent a suitable model to study skeletal muscle dysfunction and the effects of exercise training on muscle function in patients.