Marwa Moawad Shaban <br/><br/>
Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease /  
 تأهيل الجهاز التنفسى فى مرضى السدة الرئوية 
Marwa Moawad Shaban ; Supervised Ahmed Abdelmeged Elhadidy , Hossam Hoseny Masoud , Amany Raafat Mohamed 
 - Cairo :   Marwa Moawad Shaban ,   2011 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis 
<br/><br/> COPD affects various structural and functional domains in the lungs, leading to airflow limitation. It also has significant extrapulmonary effects . Weight loss , nutritional abnormalities and skeletal muscle dysfunction are well - recognized systemic effects . Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR ) programs are beneficial to COPD in order to improve exercise capacity , muscle force , symptoms and health - related quality of life 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Aerobic training program  COPD  Short term exercise training  program