Rationale and clinical benefits of an intensive long-term pulmonary rehabilitation program after oesophagectomy: Preliminary report

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lococo, Filippo ^a   Cesario, Alfredo ^b   Sterzi, Silvia ^c   Magrone, Giovanni ^c   Dall'Armi, Valentina ^b   Mattei, Francesca ^b   Varone, Francesco ^a   Porziella, Venanzio ^a   Margaritora, Stefano ^a   Granone, Pierluigi ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c Department of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine Campus Bio Medico ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest physical therapy; Oesophagectomy; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84866247673     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-21     Document Type: Article

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