Purpose Both exercise and self-management are advocated in pulmonary rehabilitation for
people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The widely used 6-week, group …

PURPOSE: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is effective in patients with moderate to severe
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the effects of PR in patients with …

Objective: The optimum method for sustaining the benefits gained from pulmonary
rehabilitation (PR) has not been determined. In this report the authors describe the 4‐year …

Exercise intolerance, exertional dyspnea, reduced health-related quality of life, and acute
exacerbations are features characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

BACKGROUND: In spite of the well-demonstrated benefits for patients with COPD,
pulmonary rehabilitation programmes show considerable drop-out and suboptimal …

Objective: To investigate the modulating effects of current smoking on adherence and
responses to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Study objectives The purposes of this study were as follows:(1) to determine whether
physical performance, quality of life, and dyspnea with activities of daily living improved …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity, health-related
quality of life (HRQoL) and dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Background and objective Previous studies have suggested that early pulmonary
rehabilitation (PR) programmes post‐AECOPD are an effective and safe intervention for …

Objective To examine predictors of uptake (never start), adherence (drop out), and
completion of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), as well as PR treatment response based on …