Patients with advanced lung disease, especially patients with COPD, suffer from dyspnea at
rest that worsens during the performance of even limited physical activities. The causes of …

The clinical treatment and rehabilitation of chronic lung disease such as Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is very challenging, as the chronic and irreversible condition of …

Though pulmonary rehabilitation can have potent effects on exercise capacity and quality of
life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), not all patients benefit to the same …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the only major chronic disease with
increasing mortality [1], poses significant health care burden and resource use [2] …

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has requested a technology
assessment through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on pulmonary …

Patients who have mild to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may obtain
improvement in dyspnea, exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life as a result of …

Despite the different pathological features of COPD and asthma, the two diseases often
present similar clinical characteristics. In both diseases, patients suffer from exertional …

In patients with more severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the benefits of
rehabilitation might not be clear and, therefore, new treatment options have been developed …

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a highly effective, established therapy to improve exercise
intolerance, impaired quality of life and limb muscle weakness associated with a range of …

Battaglia E, Fulgenzi A, Ferrero ME. Rationale of the combined use of inspiratory and
expiratory devices in improving maximal inspiratory pressure and maximal expiratory …