Can an 86-year-old woman with advanced lung disease be a world class athlete?

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-166

  Guenette, Jordan A ^a   Diane Lougheed, M ^a   Webb, Katherine A ^a   O'Donnell, Denis E ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; COPD; Exercise

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SKIN TESTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84860388559     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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