Pulmonary rehabilitation improves frailty and gait speed in some ambulatory patients with chronic lung diseases
Objectives: To determine the effect of rehabilitation on frailty markers in patients with chronic lung diseases. Methods: Forty-one patients started pulmonary rehabilitation, and 30 patients completed at least 6 weeks of rehabilitation. Gait speed, weight loss, exhaustion, grip strength, and ph...
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| Language: | English |
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Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles |
| Online Access: | http://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/231 |