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Abstract
In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exertional dyspnoea generally arises when there is imbalance between ventilatory demand and capacity, but the neurophysiological mechanisms are unclear. We therefore determined if disparity between elevated inspiratory neural drive (IND) and tidal volume (VT) responses (neuromechanical dissociation) impacted dyspnoea intensity...