Limb muscle dysfunction in patients with COPD may be associated with local muscle and/or systemic inflammation, and therefore we investigated whether exercise training altered markers of inflammation and oxidative stress. We obtained vastus lateralis muscle biopsies and venous blood samples from patients with COPD (n = 30) before and after 8 weeks of resistance training (RT) (n = 15) or endurance training (ET) (n = 15). Healthy age‐matched subjects were included as baseline controls (n = 8).
