Update on the approach of respiratory therapy in patients with neuromuscular diseases

Objective: To assess the role of physiotherapy in approaching neuromuscular disease (NMD), with emphasis on preventive and therapeutic aspects of respiratory therapy. Methods: A nonsystematic literature review covering the past twenty years, using the databases MEDLINE and LILACS through the followi...

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Main Authors: Priscilla Barreto Paula, Laura Maria de Lima Belizário Facury Lasmar, Maria Teresa Mohallem Fonseca, Marina Belisário Carvalhais, Maria da Glória Rodrigues Machado
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de Fortaleza 2010-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
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Online Access:http://www.unifor.br/images/pdfs/rbps/artigo12_2010.1.pdf