Both moderate and severe exacerbations accelerate physical activity decline in COPD patients
Open Access
- 25 January 2018
- journal article
- letter
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 51 (1) , 1702110
Abstract
Exacerbations have a negative impact on long-term daily physical activity of COPD patientshttp://ow.ly/olGl30hkdMlKeywords
Funding Information
- ERS fellowship (LTRF 2016 (Zafeiris Louvaris))
- Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (#115011)
- joint ERS/SEPAR Fellowship (LTRF 2015 (Heleen Demeyer))
- Flemish Research Foundation (# G.0871.13, post-doctoral research fellow (Heleen Demeyer))
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