Enhanced physiotherapy management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-119

  Spruit, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 22544456241     PISSN: 14799723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1479972305cd083ed     Document Type: Editorial

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