The effects of a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme on exercise tolerance and quality of life: A randomized controlled trial

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-113

  Cambach, W ^a   Chadwick Straver, R V M ^a,c   Wagenaar, R C ^a,c   Van Keimpema, A R J ^b   Kemper, H C G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community Health Services; exercise tolerance; lung diseases; physiotherapy; quality of life; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; WALKING;

EID: 0031023278     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10010104     Document Type: Article

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