The role of physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an important treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This review discusses the role of physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation and possible ways to embed interventions geared to behavior ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation and physical interventions - PMC

This additional stimulus is proposed to result in additional beneficial effects in skeletal muscle function. In patients with COPD, WBV training ...

The role of physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (COPD) engage in less physical activity compared to healthy age matched controls (1). At a ...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Activity in Patients with ...

In contrast to resting lung function testing, performance on lower limb muscle function tests and (field) exercise tests correlates better with ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation, physical activity and aortic stiffness in COPD

Elevated aortic stiffness in COPD is potentially modifiable in a subgroup of patients during pulmonary rehabilitation and is associated with increased physical ...

The importance of components of pulmonary rehabilitation, other ...

Although supervised exercise training is considered the cornerstone of effective pulmonary rehabilitation, there are many other components that should be ...

Facilitators and barriers to physical activity following pulmonary ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation has short-term benefits on dyspnea, exercise capacity and quality of life in COPD, but evidence suggests these do ...

The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on physical performance and ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life and exercise capacity through its effects on peripheral muscle function and cardiac function ...

Patterns of physical activity of people with COPD during participation ...

12. Blondeel, A. ∙ Demeyer, H. ∙ Janssens, W. ... The role of physical activity in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation. COPD. 2018; 15 ...

Physical activity and pulmonary rehabilitation – A competing agenda?

Rehabilitation interventions based upon improving physical activity (PA) and exercise capacity add value at all stages of the disease. The traditional aim of ...

Short term and long term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on ...

The central purpose of pulmonary rehabilitation is to reduce morbidity by improving functional capacity through exercise.

Sustaining training effects through physical activity coaching (STEP)

Background. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs improve physical fitness, symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of patients with COPD. However, ...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Activity in Patients with ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation has arguably the greatest positive effect of any current therapy on exercise capacity in COPD; as such, gains in this area should ...

The past, present and future of pulmonary rehabilitation - Troosters

Whole body vibration24. Effects on functional exercise tolerance and muscle function. Possible effects on balance and proprioception25.

Using a smartphone application maintains physical activity following ...

Background Evidence suggests that patients with COPD struggle to maintain improved physical activity (PA) after completing pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Activity in Patients with COPD

One of the most important strategies is physical exercise performance [32] . It is of vital importance to carry out resistance and strength exercises in order ...

Physical activity following pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD

Pulmonary rehabilitation improves quality of life and exercise capacity in the short term. However, we are less clear on how to maintain these improvements over ...

A Comparison of Physical Activity Between Home-Based and Centre ...

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a highly effective intervention for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Physical ...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Physiopedia

Guidelines recommend maintenance of exercise after PR to maintain gains made in respiratory function, exercise tolerance and QOL. A recent study has shown that ...