Using the spirometry to indicate respiratory exercises for elderly with Parkinson's disease

• Main Authors: Daniela Guimarães (Author), Gabriel Duarte (Author), Karen Trippo (Author), Graziella Furtado (Author), Jamary Oliveira Filho (Author), Daniel Dominguez Ferraz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editora Champagnat, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction: Respiratory dysfunction is the main cause of death in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and bronchoaspiration pneumonia is the most common clinical respiratory complication. Objective: To assess respiratory function of elderly with PD in mild to moderate phase of the dise...