Executive summary Despite substantial progress in reducing the global impact of many non-
communicable diseases, including heart disease and cancer, morbidity and mortality due to …

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Pulmonary rehabilitation is a highly effective treatment for people with chronic lung disease
but remains underused across the world. Recent years have seen the emergence of new …

Importance Meta-analyses have suggested that initiating pulmonary rehabilitation after an
exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation is a proven, effective intervention for people with
chronic respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Introduction Some COVID-19 patients develop respiratory failure requiring admission to
intensive care unit (ICU). We aim to evaluate the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation is a cornerstone of care for COPD but uptake of
traditional centre-based programmes is poor. We assessed whether home-based pulmonary …

(1) Background: Cardiopulmonary and brain functions are frequently impaired after COVID-
19 infection. Exercise rehabilitation could have a major impact on the healing process of …

Dyspnea is the most common symptom experienced by patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). To avoid exertional dyspnea, many patients adopt a sedentary …

Skeletal muscle dysfunction occurs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and affects both ventilatory and nonventilatory muscle groups. It represents a very …