Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography for Evaluation of Diaphragm Stiffness in Patients with Stable COPD A Pilot Trial

Xu, JH; Wu, ZZ; Tao, FY; Zhu, ST; Chen, SP; Cai, C; Liang, ZH; Shi, BB; Chen, B; Xie, YP

Chen, B; Xie, YP (corresponding author), Wenzhou Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Nanbaixiang St, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, ; ():

Abstract

Objectives Skeletal muscle dysfunction is one of the most common comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The occurrence of resp......

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