Impact of laughter on air trapping in severe chronic obstructive lung disease

International Journal of COPD

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Brutsche, Martin H ^a   Grossman, Paul ^a   Müller, Rebekka E ^a   Wiegand, Jan ^a   Pello, ^b   Baty, Florent ^a   Ruch, Willibald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital Basel ^*

Author keywords

Bronchodilator; Cheerfulness; COPD; Dyspnoea; Humor; Hyperinflation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING PATTERN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMILING; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149100551     PISSN: 11769106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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