Short-term effects of physiotherapy on ventilation inhomogeneity in cystic fibrosis patients with a wide range of lung disease severity

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 627-631

  Pfleger, A ^a   Steinbacher, M ^a   Schwantzer, G ^a   Weinhandl, E ^a   Wagner, M ^a   Eber, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway clearance; Cystic fibrosis; Lung function test; Multiple breath washout; Physiotherapy; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SPIROMETRY; FOLLOW UP; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940960171     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: 18735010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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