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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
New approaches in pulmonary rehabilitation
Nicolino Ambrosino1, Gerardo Palmiero, Soo-Kyung Strambi
1Pulmonary Unit, Cardio-Thoracic Department, University Hospital, Pisa, Via Paradisa 2-Cisanello, 56124 Pisa, Italy. n.ambrosino@ao-pisa.toscana.it
Abstract:
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 exercise training. The type and intensity of training is of key importance in determining outcomes. High-intensity aerobic training leads to physiologic gains in aerobic fitness. Nevertheless, extreme breathlessness or peripheral muscle fatigue may prevent some patients from performing high-intensity exercise; therefore, new tools are needed to improve the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation.
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