Recommendations for pulmonary rehabilitation;Raccomandazioni sulla riabilitazione respiratoria

Rassegna di Patologia dell'Apparato Respiratorio

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 264-284

  Pasqua, Franco ^a   Garuti, Giancarlo ^b   Sabato, Eugenio ^c   Clini, Enrico M ^d   Ambrosio, Nicolino ^e  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^c ASL Brindisi   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING AID;

EID: 37149038832     PISSN: 00339563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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