Pulmonary rehabilitation slows the decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second and improves body mass index in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent airflow limitation that is usually progressive leading to disability with an increasing burden to the patient, his family and to the health services. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is used as a complementary evide...

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Main Authors: Sameh Embarak, Waleed Mansour, Mohammed A. Mortada
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/S0422763814200264