Respiratory rehabilitation, exercise capacity and quality of life in chronic airways disease in old age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-16

  Roomi, J ^a   Johnson, M M ^a   Waters, K ^a   Yohannes, A ^a   Helm, A ^a   Connolly, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 0030023591     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.1.12     Document Type: Article

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