Cardiopulmonary response during whole-body vibration training in patients with severe COPD

Several studies in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have shown that whole-body vibration training (WBVT) has beneficial effects on exercise capacity. However, the acute cardiopulmonary demand during WBVT remains unknown and was therefore investigated in this study. Ten pati...

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Main Authors: Rainer Gloeckl, Petra Richter, Sandra Winterkamp, Michael Pfeifer, Christoph Nell, Jeffrey W. Christle, Klaus Kenn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2017-03-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/3/1/00101-2016.full