Development of a Barthel Index based on dyspnea for patients with respiratory diseases

BACKGROUND: As Barthel Index (BI) quantifies motor impairment but not breathlessness, the use of only this index could underestimate disability in chronic respiratory disease (CRD). To our knowledge, no study evaluates both motor and respiratory disability in CRD during activities of daily living (A...

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Autores principales: Vitacca, Michele, Paneroni, Mara, Baiardi, Paola, De Carolis, Vito, Zampogna, Elisabetta, Belli, Stefano, Carone, Mauro, Spanevello, Antonio, Balbi, Bruno, Bertolotti, Giorgio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27354778
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S104376

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