“Can do, don’t do” are not the lazy ones: a longitudinal study on physical functioning in patients with COPD

Abstract Background and objective Reduced physical capacity (PC) and physical activity (PA) are common in COPD patients and associated with poor outcome. However, they represent different aspects of physical functioning and interventions do not affect them in the same manner. To address this, a new...

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Main Authors: Noriane A. Sievi, Thomas Brack, Martin H. Brutsche, Martin Frey, Sarosh Irani, Jörg D. Leuppi, Robert Thurnheer, Malcolm Kohler, Christian F. Clarenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-1290-9