PMID- 17136976
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070222
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1541-2555 (Print)
IS  - 1541-2563 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005 Mar
TI  - Minimal clinically important differences in COPD: body mass index and muscle 
      strength.
PG  - 149-55
AB  - Weight loss, muscle wasting, as well as muscle dysfunction are recognized as 
      important problems in COPD, contributing to morbidity and mortality. This paper 
      discusses body weight and muscle function as possible outcome parameters in the 
      management of COPD. The relationship between these outcome measures and 
      COPD-related management goals is discussed. Minimal clinically important 
      differences (MCID) in the approach of patients suffering from COPD for these 
      measures are discussed.
FAU - Wouters, E F M
AU  - Wouters EF
AD  - Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 
      5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands. e.wouters@lung.azm.nl
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - COPD
JT  - COPD
JID - 101211769
SB  - IM
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Data Interpretation, Statistical
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Muscle Strength
MH  - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/*physiopathology/*therapy
MH  - Treatment Outcome
RF  - 66
EDAT- 2006/12/02 09:00
MHDA- 2007/02/23 09:00
CRDT- 2006/12/02 09:00
PHST- 2006/12/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/02/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/12/02 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1081/copd-200050653 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - COPD. 2005 Mar;2(1):149-55. doi: 10.1081/copd-200050653.