Chest physiotherapy does not induce bronchospasm in stable asthma

Physiotherapy

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 714-719

  Barnabé, Viviani ^a   Saraiva, Beatriz ^b   Stelmach, Rafael ^b   Martins, Milton A ^b   Nunes, Maria do Patrocínio T ^b  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airway secretion; Asthma; Chest physiotherapy; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUSSION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 4444243906     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60495-6     Document Type: Article

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