Predictors for longitudinal change in 6-minute walk distance in COPD patients

B. Frisk, B. Espehaug, J.A. Hardie, L.I. Strand, R. Moe-Nilssen, T.M. Eagan, P.S. Bakke, E. Thorsen (Bergen, Norway)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Outcomes and assessment methods in physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Session: Outcomes and assessment methods in physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4384
Disease area: Airway diseases

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