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. 2013 Apr 30;65(2):194. doi: 10.3138/ptc.65.2.cochrane

What Does the Cochrane Collaboration Say about Strength Training?

PMCID: PMC3673802  PMID: 24403685

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Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Scharplatz M, et al. Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011;(10):CD005305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005305.pub3 Medline:21975749

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The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of health care interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. For more information, visit www.cochrane.org.


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