State of the art: How to set up a pulmonary rehabilitation program

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1157-1173

  Jenkins, Sue ^a,b,c   Hill, Kylie ^b,c   Cecins, Nola M ^a,b,c  

^a Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lung disease; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ARTERY DISEASE; ASTHMA; BODY COMPOSITION; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUNG RESECTION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SUPPORT GROUP; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 78349232026     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01849.x     Document Type: Review

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