AEROBIC EXERCISE IN PULMONARY REHABILITATION

• Main Authors: Thiago Brasileiro de Vasconcelos, Juliete Vaz Ferreira, Clarissa Bentes de Araujo Magalhães, Andréa da Nóbrega Cirino Nogueira, Soraya Maria do Nascimento Rebouças Viana, Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena, Teresa Maria da Silva Câmara, Vasco Pinheiro Diógenes Bastos
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2013-05-01
• Series: Revista Saúde.com
• Subjects: Respiratory Therapy; Rehabilitation; Exercise
• Online Access: http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/ojs/index.php/rsc/article/view/206/241

The aim of this study was to conduct a literature review on the usefulness of aerobic exercise in pulmonary rehabilitation. This is an exploratory study of literature through the electronic databases Medline, Lilacs, Scielo, Pubmed and Google Scholar, published between 1996 and 2012, conducted during the period February to May 2012 with the following keywords: COPD, pulmonary rehabilitation, aerobic exercises, physical training, quality of life. The change in pulmonary function and dysfunction of skeletal muscles that result in exercise intolerance and reduced fitness and may cause social isolation, depression, anxiety and addiction. The training exercise is the most important component of the program of pulmonary rehabilitation where the aerobic training provides consistent results in clinical improvement in levels of exercise tolerance and decreased dyspnea generating more benefits to the body, reducing the chance of cardiovascular disease and improves quality and expectation of life. We demonstrated that the use of aerobic exercise in pulmonary rehabilitation program, allows an improvement of motor skills, decreased muscle fatigue and deconditioning, reducing sedentary lifestyle; however, has little or no effect on the reduction of strength and atrophy muscle.