[Functional re-education in various types of respiratory insufficiency]

The kinesitherapeutic and functional re-educational approach is indicated for each type of respiratory insufficiency, special attention being paid to those syndromes and diseases most frequently encountered in clinical practice. In the case of these (asthma, mucoviscidosis, emphysema, bronchorrhoea), the essential phases of kinesitherapy and re-education are outlined in greater detail. Clinically and psychologically, the conclusions sum up the attitude which should be assumed by the attending staff in cases of patients with respiratory insufficiency. Finally, the importance of physiopathological and clinical data and physiokinesitherapeutic experience are recalled.