Breathing retraining for asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 501-507

  Ram, F S F ^a   Holloway, E A ^a   Jones, P W ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breathing; Meta analysis; Retraining; Review; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242584913     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1472     Document Type: Article

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