Inspiratory muscle training in patients with COPD: Structural adaptation and physiological outcomes.

1. Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar. Grup de Recerca de Pneumologia, Unitat de Recerca Respiratoria i Ambiental (URRA), IMIM. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and CEXS-Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Barcelona. Spain. 2. Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Spain. 3. Preliminary results presented at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress, Florence (Italy), 2000. 4. Supported, in part, by grants BIOMED (BMH-4-CT98-3406), FIS, SEPAR, and SIBEL. 5. Correspondence and request for reprints can be addressed to M. Orozco-Levi, M.D., Ph.D., Servei-Grup de Recerca de Pneumologia, Hospital del Mar-IMIM. Passeig Maritim 25, E-08003. Barcelona (Catalonia), SPAIN. Contact phone (+34) 93 2483138; Fax (+34) 93 2213237; E-mail: morozco@imim.es.