Incremental Threshold Loading in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Nursing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 196-202

  Hopp, Lisa Jo ^a,b   Kim, Mi Ja ^b   Larson, Janet L ^b   Sharp, John T ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 0030188206     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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