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Evaluation of the effectiveness of manual chest physiotherapy techniques on quality of life at six months post exacerbation of COPD (MATREX): a randomised controlled equivalence trial

BACKGROUND: Manual chest physiotherapy (MCP) techniques involving chest percussion, vibration, and shaking have long been used in the treatment of respiratory conditions. However, methodological limitations in existing research have led to a state of clinical equipoise with respect to this treatment...

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Autores principales: Cross, Jane L, Elender, Frances, Barton, Gary, Clark, Allan, Shepstone, Lee, Blyth, Annie, Bachmann, Max O, Harvey, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22748085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-12-33