# Minimum standards for physical therapists providing rehabilitation care for people with chronic respiratory diseases in Japan: An e-Delphi study

**Authors:** Kosuke Sasaki, Manabu Sezaki, Kiyokazu Sekikawa, Hiroshi Kiga, Madoka Iwasaki, Kazuyuki Tabira, Yutaro Oki, Akira Tamaki

PMC · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0344464 · 2026-03-10

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** chronic (MESH:D002908), atelectasis (MESH:D001261), death (MESH:D003643), cough (MESH:D003371), CREDES (MESH:D054537), respiratory (MESH:D012131), falls (MESH:C537863), COPD (MESH:D029424), critically ill (MESH:D016638), CRD (MESH:D012140), dyspnea (MESH:D004417), Dedicated balance impairment (MESH:D060825), Diabetes (MESH:D003920), Pulmonary disease (MESH:D008171), pulmonary edema (MESH:D011654)
- **Chemicals:** CO2 (MESH:D002245), Oxygen (MESH:D010100), Carbon Monoxide (MESH:D002248)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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