Tai chi exercise for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A pilot study

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1475-1482

  Yeh, Gloria Y ^a,b   Roberts, David H ^b   Wayne, Peter M ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^a,b   Quilty, Mary T ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Depression; Exercise capacity; Patient narratives; Quality of life; Tai chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDITATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORTNESS OF BREATH SCORE; TAI CHI; WALKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TAI JI;

EID: 79952117666     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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