scholarly journals The relationship between exercise capacity and different functional markers in pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD

2018 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 717-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kerti ◽  
Zsuzsanna Balogh ◽  
Krisztina Kelemen ◽  
Janos Varga
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Functional Markers ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Reduction in hospitalisation following pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nola Cecins ◽  
Elizabeth Geelhoed ◽  
Sue C Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Disease ◽  
Health Care Utilisation ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Copd Exacerbation ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Bed Days

Objectives: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and reduces health care utilisation. This study quantified outcomes of a PR program over a 6-year period and determined the effects of PR on hospitalisation. Methods: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disesae (COPD) who entered an 8-week outpatient PR program from 1998 to 2003 were included. Functional exercise capacity (6-minute walk distance [6MWD]) and HRQoL (Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire) were measured before and following PR. The number of hospital admissions and total bed-days due to a COPD exacerbation in the 12 months before and following PR were recorded. Setting: Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia. Results: 187 (73%) of the 256 patients who entered PR completed the program. Improvements in 6MWD (404.2 �114.6 m to 439.6 �115.0m, P < 0.001) and HRQoL (4.1 �0.9 points per item to 4.9 �0.9 points per item, P < 0.001) occurred following PR. There was a 46% reduction in the number of patients admitted to hospital (71 to 38) with a COPD exacerbation and a 62% reduction in total bed-days (1131 to 432) following PR. Conclusion: Pulmonary rehabilitation provided in an Australian teaching hospital was associated with a reduction in COPD hospitalisation, and the resultant savings outweighed the costs of providing the program.

scholarly journals Minimal versus specialist equipment in the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation: protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e047524
Author(s):  
Claire M Nolan ◽  
Jessica A Walsh ◽  
Suhani Patel ◽  
Ruth E Barker ◽  
Oliver Polgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Chronic Lung Disease ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Randomised Trial ◽  
Global Rating ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Exercise Equipment

IntroductionPulmonary rehabilitation (PR), an exercise and education programme for people with chronic lung disease, aims to improve exercise capacity, breathlessness and quality of life. Most evidence to support PR is from trials that use specialist exercise equipment, for example, treadmills (PR-gym). However, a significant proportion of programmes do not have access to specialist equipment with training completed with minimal exercise equipment (PR-min). There is a paucity of robust literature examining the efficacy of supervised, centre-based PR-min. We aim to determine whether an 8-week supervised, centre-based PR-min programme is non-inferior to a standard 8-week supervised, centre-based PR-gym programme in terms of exercise capacity and health outcomes for patients with chronic lung disease.Methods and analysisParallel, two-group, assessor-blinded and statistician-blinded, non-inferiority randomised trial. 436 participants will be randomised using minimisation at the individual level with a 1:1 allocation to PR-min (intervention) or PR-gym (control). Assessment will take place pre-PR (visit 1), post-PR (visit 2) and 12 months following visit 1 (visit 3). Exercise capacity (incremental shuttle walk test), dyspnoea (Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ)-Dyspnoea), health-related quality of life (CRQ), frailty (Short Physical Performance Battery), muscle strength (isometric quadriceps maximum voluntary contraction), patient satisfaction (Global Rating of Change Questionnaire), health economic as well as safety and trial process data will be measured. The primary outcome is change in exercise capacity between visit 1 and visit 2. Two sample t-tests on an intention to treat basis will be used to estimate the difference in mean primary and secondary outcomes between patients randomised to PR-gym and PR-min.Ethics and disseminationLondon-Camden and Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee and Health Research Authority have approved the study (18/LO/0315). Results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals, presented at international conferences, disseminated through social media, patient and public routes and directly shared with stakeholders.Trial registration numberISRCTN16196765.

Exercise Capacity as a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Outcome

Respiration ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico M. Clini ◽  
Ernesto Crisafulli
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Outcome

scholarly journals Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improves Exercise Capacity and Dyspnea in Air Pollution-Related Respiratory Disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 232 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Miyamoto ◽  
Hideaki Senjyu ◽  
Takako Tanaka ◽  
Masaharu Asai ◽  
Yorihide Yanagita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Evaluation of the impact of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on exercise capacity in LAM

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Sponholz Araujo ◽  
Bruno Guedes Baldi ◽  
André Luis Pereira de Albuquerque ◽  
Carolina Salim Gonçalves Freitas ◽  
Ronaldo Adib Kairalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Influence of critical hyperinflation in exercise capacity improvement after pulmonary rehabilitation in severely obstructed patients

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Maria Ferreira dos Santos ◽  
Rita Boaventura ◽  
Leonor Meira ◽  
Paula Martins ◽  
Luís Gaspar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Capacity Improvement
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