The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is widespread both in healthy subjects and
patients, but suffers from a lack of standardized method and quality control procedures. BIA …

Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance, …

The Society for Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disease convened an expert panel to
develop nutritional recommendations for prevention and management of sarcopenia. Exercise …

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the management
of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American Thoracic Society (…

BIA is easy, non-invasive, relatively inexpensive and can be performed in almost any subject
because it is portable. Part II of these ESPEN guidelines reports results for fat-free mass (…

The objective of the study was to further unravel the prognostic significance of body weight
changes in patients with COPD. Two survival analyses were performed: (1) a retrospective …

Background: Survival studies have consistently shown significantly greater mortality rates in
underweight and normal-weight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD…

Background Acute exacerbations form a major component of the socioeconomic burden of
COPD. As yet, little information is available about the long-term outcome of patients who have …

The term sarcopenia was introduced in 1988. The original definition was a “muscle loss” of
the appendicular muscle mass in the older people as measured by dual energy x‐ray …

Background: C-reactive protein (CRP) is often used as a clinical marker of acute systemic
inflammation. Since low grade inflammation is evident in chronic diseases such as chronic …