Effect of a walking aid on disability, oxygenation, and breathlessness in patients with chronic airflow limitation

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Honeyman, P ^a   Barr, P ^a   Stubbing, D G ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

breathlessness; COPD; disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING AID;

AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0030064532     PISSN: 08839212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008483-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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