Airway diseases
Thoracic oncology
Symposium
Sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease: new definitions, assessment and treatment options
Clinical
Aims : To describe the concept of sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease and its importance to maintain and/or optimise the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation; to describe the assessment of sarcopenia in chronic respiratory disease; to describe how to implement and assess the treatment options for sarcopenia in chronic lung disease; to describe the effects of sarcopenia on patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Clinical researcher, General practitioner, Medical Student, Medical Technical Assistant, Nurse, Patient, Physician in Pulmonary Training, Physiologist, Radiologist, Respiratory physiotherapist, Scientist (basic, translational), Thoracic oncologist, Respiratory therapist
Methods :
General respiratory patient care, Physiology, Pulmonary rehabilitation
11:15
Introduction
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11:20
Update on recent definitions and diagnosis of sarcopenia
G. Bahat(İSTANBUL, Turkey)
COI
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Description
2
1648
11:35
Malnutrition and sarcopenia assessment
A. Schols(Maastricht, Netherlands)
COI
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Description
3
1649
11:50
Underlying mechanisms and pharmacological approaches for treatment of sarcopenia
N. Greening(Leicester, United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
4
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12:05
Modalities of pulmonary rehabilitation, including exercise training for sarcopenia in chronic lung disease
M. Maddocks(BROMLEY, United Kingdom)
COI
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Description
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12:20
Discussion and Q&A
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