Rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Salman, Ghassan F ^a,b,e   Mosier, Michael C ^a   Beasley, Brent W ^a,c   Calkins, David R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Austin Diagnostic Clinic   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Obstructive lung disease; Rehabilitation; Review; Shortness of breath

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG EXERCISE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REHABILITATION; WALKING;

EID: 0037354613     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20221.x     Document Type: Review

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