Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients with COPD and Asthma

Comparing Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Nursing on Fatigue and quality of life in Patients with COPD

  Background & Objective:The aim of the present study is to compare the effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation nursing care on Fatigue and QOL in patients with COPD. Materials & Methods: This study was a semi experimental research. The samples were consisted of 36 patients who were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria into control and experimental groups through random...

Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.

The available evidence indicates that pulmonary rehabilitation benefits patients with symptomatic COPD. The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation programs on health care utilization is promising but requires further investigation. In contrast, aerobic lower extremity training is of benefit in several areas of importance to patients with COPD. These areas include exercise endurance, perception of d...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

Pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD.

Introduction W is the difference in the lungs of an athlete and a clerk. Lungs of both of them are normal. Athlete has trained his lungs and body to perform rigorous exercise and able to run 20 kilometre (km) in one stretch while the clerk working in an office is hardly able run for 2 km. Even in normal lungs training and exercise result in a ten fold improvement in performance. Similarly a pat...

Advances in Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients