The value of multiple tests of respiratory muscle strength

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 975-980

  Steier, Joerg ^a   Kaul, Sunny ^a   Seymour, John ^a   Jolley, Caroline ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard ^a   Man, William ^a   Luo, Yuan M ^b   Roughton, Michael ^c   Polkey, Michael I ^c   Moxham, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 36049017132     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.072884     Document Type: Article

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