Randomized controlled trial of pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, stratified with the MRC dyspnoea scale

Wedzicha, JA; Bestall, Janine; Garrod, R.; Garnham, R; Paul, EA; Jones, PW

doi:10.1183/09031936.98.12020363

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Randomized controlled trial of pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, stratified with the MRC dyspnoea scale

Published in European Respiratory Journal • Aug 1, 1998

Authors:

JA Wedzicha

Janine Bestall

R. Garrod

Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that severity of respiratory disability may affect the outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation. In this randomized, controlled study, 126 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were stratified for dyspnoea using the Medical Research Council (MRC) dysp...

Subject

Medicine

Physical therapy

COPD

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