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Wei-Yu Huang1, Chien-Tzu Lee, Jung-Yien Chien

  • 1From the School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (W-YH, C-TL, L-YW); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hsinchu Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan (W-YH); Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (J-YC); Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (MH); and Physical Therapy Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (L-YW).

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Keywords:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseDiaphragmElectromyographyPulmonary RehabilitationSternocleidomastoid Muscle

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