Physical training in chronic obstructive lung disease.

Physical training in chronic obstructive lung disease.

Statins and Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a chronic multisystem disease with a considerable burden. One of its most common complications is pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). It has been demonstrated that the development of PAH is correlated with decreased quality of life and survival. Different medications have been proposed for the treatment of PAH, among which one can name statins. Howeve...

Vitamin D serum level and chronic obstructive lung disease

Vitamin D serum level and chronic obstructive lung disease

Exercise training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Exercise limitation is a common and disturbing manifestation of COPD. The exercise intolerance is often caused by multiple interrelated anatomic and physiologic disturbances. Importantly, exercise tolerance can be improved despite the presence of fixed structural abnormalities in the lung. Exercise training, undertaken alone or in the context of comprehensive PR, improves exercise endurance and...

Alterations in lung mechanics and gas exchange following training in chronic obstructive lung disease.

Fourteen patients with advanced chronic obstructive lung disease participated in an in-patient exercise training program to investigate possible correlations between improved exercise tolerance and changes in certain pulmonary and metabolic parameters. The patients were all clinically stable and no changes in medication were made. Daily increasing periods of treadmill walking were performed bre...