A randomised controlled equivalence trial to determine the effectiveness and cost utility of manual chest physiotherapy techniques in the management of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (MATREX)
Cross J, Elender F, Barton G, Clark A, Shepstone L, Blyth A, Bachmann A, Harvey I
Record ID 32005000946
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study found that employing manual chest physiotherapy does not appear to affect outcome, in terms of longer-term quality of life, in patients hospitalised for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1416
Year Published:
2010
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2010 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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