Age does not hamper the response to pulmonary rehabilitation of COPD patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 530-535

  Di Meo, Francesco ^a   Pedone, Claudio ^b   Lubich, Sergio ^a   Pizzoli, Carlo ^a   Traballesi, Marco ^a   Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Pulmonary rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LEG EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANOXIA; BREATHING EXERCISES; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

EID: 51749107210     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn126     Document Type: Article

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