Associations of pulmonary and extrapulmonary computed tomographic manifestations with impaired physical activity in symptomatic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, airway disease, and extrapulmonary comorbidities may cause various symptoms and impair physical activity. To investigate the relative associations of pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations with physical activity...

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Main Authors: Yoko Hamakawa, Naoya Tanabe, Hiroshi Shima, Kunihiko Terada, Yusuke Shiraishi, Tomoki Maetani, Takeshi Kubo, Satoshi Kozawa, Koji Koizumi, Masashi Kanezaki, Kaoruko Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Atsuyasu Sato, Susumu Sato, Toyohiro Hirai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09554-6