Tai Chi and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Compared for Treatment-Naive Patients With COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Chest

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1116-1124

  Polkey, Michael I ^a   Qiu, Zhi Hui ^b   Zhou, Lian ^b   Zhu, Meng Duo ^b   Wu, Ying Xin ^b   Chen, Yong Yi ^b   Ye, Sheng Peng ^c   He, Yu Shan ^c   Jiang, Mei ^b   He, Bai Ting ^b   Mehta, Bhavin ^a   Zhong, Nan Shan ^b   Luo, Yuan Ming ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xingning People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

COPD; indacaterol; pulmonary rehabilitation; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

INDACATEROL;

ADVERSE EVENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TAI CHI; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAI JI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85044610730     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.01.053     Document Type: Article

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