Evaluation of the effectiveness of manual chest physiotherapy techniques on quality of life at six months post exacerbation of COPD (MATREX): a randomised controlled equivalence trial

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cross, Jane L ^a   Elender, Frances ^a   Barton, Gary ^a   Clark, Allan ^a   Shepstone, Lee ^a   Blyth, Annie ^a   Bachmann, Max O ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LUNG CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863091872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-33     Document Type: Article

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