TY - BOOK AU - Ebtesam Nabil Abdelmohsen Nagy AU - Laila Ahmed Rashed , AU - Sherin Hassan Mohamed , AU - Zeinab Mohamed Helmy , TI - Laser acupuncture versus inspiratory muscle trainer on immunity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ebtesam Nabil Abdelmohsen Nagy , KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease KW - Inspiratory muscle trainer KW - Laser acupuncture N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorders; Issued also as CD N2 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major worldwide health burden with increasing morbidity, mortality and health care cost. It characterized by an inappropriate inflammatory response of the lungs. The role of T lymphocytes is important in COPD pathogenesis but few studies have investigated it. The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of six weeks laser acupuncture and inspiratory muscle trainer on COPD patients' immunity UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -