Symptom experience in patients with COPD and their level of physical activity. Is there a good association?

H. Demeyer, J.M. de Sousa Pinto, M. Hornikx, L. Vrancken, M. Decramer, W. Janssens, T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium; Salamanca, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Exercise and physical activity: towards evidence-based benefits in different populations
Disease area: Airway diseases

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H. Demeyer, J.M. de Sousa Pinto, M. Hornikx, L. Vrancken, M. Decramer, W. Janssens, T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium; Salamanca, Spain). Symptom experience in patients with COPD and their level of physical activity. Is there a good association?. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 2837

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