Duration of pulmonary rehabilitation to achieve a plateau in quality of life and walk test in COPD

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 722-728

  Solanes, Ingrid ^a   Güell, Rosa ^a   Casan, Pere ^a   Sotomayor, Coloma ^a   Gonzalez, Araceli ^a   Feixas, Teresa ^a   Gonzalez, Mercedes ^a   Guyatt, Gordon ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

6 Min walk test; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Health related quality of life; Respiratory rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 63149189759     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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