Improvements in dyspnea and functional capacity predict increased quality of life in patients with COPD after intensive 3-week outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation

A. von Leupoldt, E. Hahn, K. Taube, S. Schubert-Heukeshoven, H. Magnussen, B. Dahme (Hamburg, Grosshansdorf, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Programmes and management in pulmonary rehabilitation
Session: Programmes and management in pulmonary rehabilitation
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 676
Disease area: Airway diseases

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