Respiratory muscle weakness and respiratory muscle training in severely disabled multiple sclerosis patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 747-751

  Gosselink, Rik ^a,b   Kovacs, Ludwig ^a,b   Ketelaer, Pierre ^c   Carton, Herwig ^c   Decramer, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation; Respiratory function tests; Respiratory muscles; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034076949     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.5616     Document Type: Article

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