Exercise performance and differences in physiological response to pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with hyperinflation

Exercise performance and differences in physiological response to pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with hyperinflation

Objective: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity in most but not all COPD patients. The factors associated with treatment success and the role of chest wall mechanics remain unclear. We investigated the impact of PR on exercise performance in COPD with severe hyperinflation. Met...

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Main Authors: André Luis Pereira de Albuquerque, Marco Quaranta, Biswajit Chakrabarti, Andrea Aliverti, Peter M. Calverley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:
Doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica/reabilitação
Terapia por exercício
Terapia respiratória
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132016000200121&lng=en&tlng=en

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