Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex pathological condition associated with an important reduction in physical activity and psychological problems that contribute to the patient's disability and poor health-related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation is aimed to elimi...
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| author | Pierachille Santus Linda Bassi Dejan Radovanovic Andrea Airoldi Rita Raccanelli Francesco Triscari Francesca Giovannelli Antonio Spanevello |
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| description | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex pathological condition associated with an important reduction in physical activity and psychological problems that contribute to the patient's disability and poor health-related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation is aimed to eliminate or at least attenuate these difficulties, mainly by promoting muscular reconditioning. The scope of this paper has been the analysis of the literature on pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients has appeared in the last five years, focusing on the principal outcomes obtained. The results demonstrate that pulmonary rehabilitation has a beneficial effect on dyspnoea relief, improving muscle strength and endurance. Moreover, pulmonary rehabilitation appears to be a highly effective and safe treatment for reducing hospital admissions mortality and improving health-related quality of life in COPD patients. It represents, therefore, a very important therapeutic option that, along with standard pharmachological therapy, can be used to obtain the best patient management. The favourable results obtained with pulmonary rehabilitation programs should stimulate researchers to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that form the basis of the beneficial effects of this therapeutic intervention. This would in turn increase the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6e164f66083c4834a6ff3a78630380bb2025-02-03T06:44:14ZengWileyPulmonary Medicine2090-18362090-18442013-01-01201310.1155/2013/374283374283Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012)Pierachille Santus0Linda Bassi1Dejan Radovanovic2Andrea Airoldi3Rita Raccanelli4Francesco Triscari5Francesca Giovannelli6Antonio Spanevello7Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyUOC di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate, 20832 Desio, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Pneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Milano IRCCS, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20138 Milan, ItalyPneumologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Istituto Scientifico di Tradate IRCCS, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, 21049 Tradate, ItalyChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a complex pathological condition associated with an important reduction in physical activity and psychological problems that contribute to the patient's disability and poor health-related quality of life. Pulmonary rehabilitation is aimed to eliminate or at least attenuate these difficulties, mainly by promoting muscular reconditioning. The scope of this paper has been the analysis of the literature on pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients has appeared in the last five years, focusing on the principal outcomes obtained. The results demonstrate that pulmonary rehabilitation has a beneficial effect on dyspnoea relief, improving muscle strength and endurance. Moreover, pulmonary rehabilitation appears to be a highly effective and safe treatment for reducing hospital admissions mortality and improving health-related quality of life in COPD patients. It represents, therefore, a very important therapeutic option that, along with standard pharmachological therapy, can be used to obtain the best patient management. The favourable results obtained with pulmonary rehabilitation programs should stimulate researchers to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that form the basis of the beneficial effects of this therapeutic intervention. This would in turn increase the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/374283 |
| spellingShingle | Pierachille Santus Linda Bassi Dejan Radovanovic Andrea Airoldi Rita Raccanelli Francesco Triscari Francesca Giovannelli Antonio Spanevello Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) Pulmonary Medicine |
| title | Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) |
| title_full | Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) |
| title_short | Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD: A Reappraisal (2008–2012) |
| title_sort | pulmonary rehabilitation in copd a reappraisal 2008 2012 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/374283 |
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