Respiratory muscle training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Inspiratory, expiratory, or both?

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-144

  Weiner, Paltiel ^a   McConnell, Alison ^b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Exercise; Expiratory; Inspiratory; Muscle training; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14044275076     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000152999.18959.8a     Document Type: Review

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