Clinically worse COPD patients improve most in endurance exercise capacity after a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation program

W. Altenburg, J. Wempe, N. ten Hacken, M. de Greef (Groningen, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Pulmonary rehabilitation: understanding and developing the intervention
Session: Pulmonary rehabilitation: understanding and developing the intervention
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4053
Disease area: Airway diseases

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