Changes in fatigue index during an 8 week quadriceps resistance training programme for patients with COPD & healthy controls

S. Harrison, L. Houchen, C. Sandland, M. Menon, M. Morgan, S. Singh, M. Steiner (Coventry, Leicester, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - The best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation
Session: The best abstracts in pulmonary rehabilitation
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1672
Disease area: Airway diseases

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