Value of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung condition of uncertain etiology that causes progressive shortness of breath, cough, reduced exercise tolerance and quality of life. This may, at least in part, be due to daily physical inactivity. Therefore symptomatic patients with l...

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Main Authors: Nizar Rifaat, Essam Anwar, Yosra M. Ali, Abdu Ellabban, Ali A. Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814001186