Daily physical activity in subjects with newly diagnosed COPD

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 962-963

  Van Remoortel, Hans ^a,b   Hornikx, Miek ^a,b   Demeyer, Heleen ^a,b   Langer, Daniel ^a,b   Burtin, Chris ^a,b   Decramer, Marc ^b   Gosselink, Rik ^a,b   Janssens, Wim ^b   Troosters, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84884558844     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203534     Document Type: Article

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