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 Status
This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database.
Citation
Cross J, Elender F, Barton G, Clark A, Shepstone L, Blyth A, Bachmann A, Harvey I. 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) Health Technology Assessment 2010; 14(23): 1-176
Authors' conclusions
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
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