Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation and exercise training in patients with stable hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease with progressive course of dyspnea which leads to reduced health related quality of life (HRQoL). Exercise training has useful effects toward their exercise tolerance and health related quality of life (HRQoL). However extreme bre...

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Main Authors: Doaa Mostafa Gad, Abeer Mohamed El-Shafey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814200525