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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Physical frailty and pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a prospective cohort study

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  • Matthew Maddocks King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Samantha S C Kon NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jane L Canavan NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sarah E Jones NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claire M Nolan NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alex Labey NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael I Polkey NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William D-C Man NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Matthew Maddocks, King's College London, Cicely Saunders Institute, London SE5 9PJ, UK; matthew.maddocks{at}kcl.ac.uk
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Maddocks M, Kon SSC, Canavan JL, et al
Physical frailty and pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a prospective cohort study
Thorax 2016;71:988-995.

Publication history

  • Received February 8, 2016
  • Revised April 27, 2016
  • Accepted May 6, 2016
  • First published June 12, 2016.
Online issue publication 
October 13, 2016

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