References
- LacasseYGoldsteinRLassersonTJMartinSPulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [review]Cochrane Database Syst Rev20064CD00379317054186
- NiciLDonnerCWoutersEATS/ERS Pulmonary Rehabilitation Writing CommitteeAmerican Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement on pulmonary rehabilitationAm J Respir Crit Care Med2006173121390141316760357
- Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung DiseaseGlobal Strategy for Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD. Revised 2011LondonGlobal Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Inc2011 Available from: http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_Report_2011_Feb21.pdfAccessed September 12, 2013
- GodoyRFTeixeiraPJBecker JúniorBMichelliMGodoyDVLong-term repercussions of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on the indices of anxiety, depression, quality of life and physical performance in patients with COPDJ Bras Pneumol200935212913619287915
- SindhwaniGVermaABiswasDSrivastavaMRawatJA pilot study on domiciliary pulmonary rehabilitation programme in the management of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSingapore Med J201152968969321947149
- RaeSWhitePSwimming pool-based exercise as pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients in primary care: feasibility and acceptabilityPrim Care Respir J2009182909418781236
- TeiCHorikiriYParkJCAcute hemodynamic improvement by thermal vasodilation in congestive heart failureCirculation19959110258225907743620
- UmeharaMYamaguchiAItakuraSRepeated Waon therapy improves pulmonary hypertension during exercise in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseJ Cardiol200851210611318522783
- MasudaAKogaYHattanmaruMMinagoeSTeiCThe effects of repeated thermal therapy for patients with chronic painPsychother Psychosom200574528829416088266
- ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function LaboratoriesATS statement: guidelines for the six-minute walk testAm J Respir Crit Care Med2002166111111712091180
- BrownCDBendittJOSciurbaFCExercise testing in severe emphysema: association with quality of life and lung functionCOPD20085211712418415810
- ElpernEHStevensDKestenSVariability in performance of timed walk tests in pulmonary rehabilitation programsChest200011819810510893366
- GerardiDALovettLBenoit-ConnorsMLReardonJZZuWallackRLVariables related to increased mortality following out-patient pulmonary rehabilitationEur Respir J1996934314358730000
- CelliBRCoteCGMarinJMThe body-mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseN Engl J Med2004350101005101214999112
- LareauSCZuWallackRCarlinBPulmonary rehabilitation-1999. Summary of statements of the American Thoracic SocietyAm J Respir Crit Care Med19991591666168210228143
- BorgGAPsychophysical bases of perceived exertionMed Sci Sports Exerc19821453773817154893
- DavisBBShenYHTancrediDJFloresVDavisRPPinkertonKELeukocytes are recruited through the bronchial circulation to the lung in a spontaneously hypertensive rat model of COPDPLoS One201273e3330422457750
- IkedaYBiroSKamogawaYRepeated thermal therapy upregulates arterial endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in Syrian golden hamstersJpn Circ J200165543443811348049
- IkedaYBiroSKamogawaYRepeated sauna therapy increases arterial endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in cardiomyopathic hamstersCirc J200569672272915914953
- AnsarinKChatkinJMFerreiraIMGutierrezCAZamelNChapmanKRExhaled nitric oxide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relationship to pulmonary functionEur Respir J200117593493811488329
- TadiéJMHennoPLeroyIRole of nitric oxide synthase/arginase balance in bronchial reactivity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAm J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol20082943L489L49717675371
- BrindicciCItoKRestaOPrideNBBarnesPJKharitonovSAExhaled nitric oxide from lung periphery is increased in COPDEur Respir J2005261525915994389
- McCurdyMRSharafkhanehAAbdel-MonemHRojoJTittelFKExhaled nitric oxide parameters and functional capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseJ Breath Res20115101600321378438
- MangueiraNMViegaILMangueira MdeAPinheiroANCosta MdoRCorrelation between clinical parameters and health-related quality of life in women with COPDJ Bras Pneumol200935324825519390723
- BestallJCPaulEAGarrodRFretcherCMUsefulness of the Medical ResearchCouncil (MRC) dyspnoea scale as a measure of disability in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseThorax199954758158610377201