Pulmonary Rehabilitation With Balance Training for Fall Reduction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A growing body of evidence shows that individuals with COPD have important deficits in balance control that may be associated with an increased risk of falls. Pulmonary rehabilitation (P...

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Main Author: Beauchamp, Marla (author)
Other Authors: Brooks, Dina (author), Ellerton, Cindy (author), Lee, Annemarie (author), Alison, Jennifer (author), Camp, Pat (author), Dechman, Gail (author), Haines, Kimberley (author), Harrison, Samantha (author), Holland, Anne (author), Marques, Alda (author), Moineddin, Rahim (author), Skinner, Elizabeth (author), Spencer, Lissa (author), Stickland, Michael (author), Xie, Feng (author), Goldstein, Roger (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23633
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/23633