Early rehabilitation: Much better than nothing

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1016-1017

  Clini, Enrico ^a,b   Roversi, Pietro ^a,b   Crisafulli, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a Ospedale Villa Pineta   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953262705     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201001-0054ED     Document Type: Editorial

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