Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) presents a significant challenge to
public health, impairing the quality of life for affected individuals. Traditionally, the …

Supervised exercise training (EXT) as part of pulmonary rehabilitation is arguably the most
effective intervention for improving exercise tolerance in patients with chronic obstructive …

A truly successful pulmonary rehabilitation entails implementing physical activity
maintenance. This article reviews the current knowledge on pulmonary rehabilitation and …

Pulmonary rehabilitation is widely available in North America and parts of Europe for
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here, we describe the …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation programs improve exercise tolerance, muscle
strength, and dyspnea in patients with COPD. The aim of the study was to assess …

Aim In this study, the effects of a 12-week hospital-based outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation
program (HRP) are compared with those of a 12-week home-care rehabilitation program …

There is strong evidence that exercise training, constituting the cornerstone of pulmonary
rehabilitation, improves exercise tolerance, dyspnoea sensations, functional capacity and …

Pulmonary rehabilitation has been well established and increasingly recommended in
disease management plans for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Key …

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is effective in improving exercise capacity
and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with moderate-to-very-severe COPD …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an obstructive and progressive airway
disease associated with an important reduction in daily physical activity and psychological …