Endurance exercise testing is superior to incremental exercise testing in assessing physiologic improvements in patients with COPD participating in pulmonary rehabilitation

A. I. El Gammal, R. O‘Farrell, A. O‘Mahony, B. O‘Connor, E. Magro, T. M. O‘Connor (Cork, Ireland)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary rehabilitation: extending the scope and benefit of rehabilitation for patients with chronic respiratory disease
Disease area: Airway diseases

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