Clinical analysis of breathing exercise during immersion in 38°C water for obstructive and constrictive pulmonary diseases

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Kurabayashi, Hitoshi ^a   Machida, Izumi ^a   Yoshida, Yasushi ^a   Tamura, Jun'ichi ^b   Itoh, Katsuhiko ^b   Kubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breathing exercise; Constrictive pulmonary disease; Immersion

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; TEMPERATURE; WATER IMMERSION;

AGED; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING EXERCISES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032820875     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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