… fan therapy during exercise on breathlessness and recovery time in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot randomised controlled crossover trial

A Long, M Cartwright, CC Reilly - ERJ Open Research, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… as how will people use handheld fans in their day-to-day life (is it just an aid while they try to
improve their respiratory fitness on a treadmill, or will … to relieve dyspnea in people who are …

Impact of fan therapy during exercise on breathlessness and recovery time in patients with COPD: a pilot randomised controlled crossover trial

A Long, M Cartwright, CC Reilly - ERJ open research, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… The burden of chronic breathlessness is significant for … try to improve their respiratory
fitness on a treadmill, or would … The unpleasantness of perceived dyspnea is processed in the …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed-methods pilot study of handheld fan for breathlessness in interstitial lung disease

YH Khor, K Saravanan, AE Holland, JYT Lee… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
… The Self-efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale 18 was used to … use of the
HHF over inhaler therapies for symptom control, as the HHF resulted in a timelier improvement

Hand-held fans: physical properties and perceptions of patients with COPD

TA Smith, JG Cho, MM Roberts, V Swami… - Journal of Pain and …, 2022 - Elsevier
… non-pharmacologic intervention for dyspnea. This interesting … and patients for improved
assessment and management of … the use of fans to relieve chronic breathlessness report usage

[HTML][HTML] Safety and feasibility of fan therapy for dyspnea: a scoping review

T Sato, S Taito, Y Nakashima, K Sakai, J Kako - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Crossover RCT Chronic (Outpatient) COPD (n=14) NRS 5 (1.9) NR Patients use the handheld
fan: to hold the fan … with improvement in dyspnea [23], such as health-related quality of life. …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing the battery-operated hand-held fan as an evidence-based, non-pharmacological intervention for chronic breathlessness in patients with chronic …

T Luckett, M Roberts, T Smith, M Garcia, S Dunn… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2022 - Springer
trials suggests the fan may also reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning for many patients.
This study aimed to explore barriers and facilitators to the fan’s … that cause dyspnea, and …

[HTML][HTML] The handheld fan for chronic breathlessness: Clinicians' experiences and views of implementation in clinical practice

J Brown, I Miller, M Barnes-Harris, MJ Johnson… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
… Active reading of current research or conference attendance provided clinicians with current
knowledge of the fan and improved their capability to deliver the fan in practice. Clinicians …

Alleviation of dyspnea and changes in physical activity level by air flow to the face with a fan

H Nagumo, T Miyagawa, M Sumitani, M Fujiwara… - Respiratory …, 2023 - rc.rcjournal.com
… times for a short period can improve dyspnea. The long-term … out-patients with chronic
dyspnea who underwent treatment at … . Handheld fan air-flow stimulation relieves dyspnea in lung …

Airflow rates and breathlessness recovery from submaximal exercise in healthy adults: prospective, randomised, cross-over study

A Brew, S O'Beirne, MJ Johnson… - BMJ Supportive & …, 2023 - spcare.bmj.com
… a minimum handheld fan airflow speed to improve recovery … COPD: a pilot randomised
controlled crossover trial. ERJ Open Res … to relieve dyspnea in people who are breathless at rest. …

Immediate effect of fan therapy in terminal cancer with dyspnea at rest: a meta-analysis

J Kako, M Kobayashi, Y Oosono… - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… In addition, we hand-searched studies and used the similar … chronic dyspnea 23 ; the authors
concluded that airflow from the … We found that fan therapy significantly improved dyspnea at …