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Influence of the technique of re-educating thoracic and abdominal muscles on respiratory muscle strength in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia - 1 Jan 2000
Zanchet Renata Claudia, Chagas Aline Mayara Azevedo, Melo Juliana Sarmento, Watanabe Patrícia Yuki, Simões-Barbosa Augusto, Feijo Gilvânia
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect that re-education of the thoracic and abdominal muscles has on the respiratory muscle strength of patients with cystic fibrosis evaluated over time at the Cystic Fibrosis Outpatient Clinic of the Universidade Católica de Brasília (Catholic University of Brasília). METHODS: The sample consisted of 29 cystic fibrosis patients, characterized based on anthropometric, genetic and...
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