Three years of pulmonary rehabilitation: inhibit the decline in airflow obstruction, improves exercise endurance time, and body-mass index, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pulmonary rehabilitation is known to be a beneficial treatment for COPD patients. To date, however, there is no agreement for how long a rehabilitation program should be implemented. In addition, current views are that pulmonary reha...

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Main Authors: Raz Meir, Stav David, Shpirer Isaac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/9/26