Clinical Context and Key Findings: Home-based COPD management, as provided by certified home-health providers, represents a cornerstone of patient care. Respiratory muscle training (RMT) reduces symptoms of COPD and improves underlying respiratory muscle weakness, and may be a beneficial adjunct of standard of care treatment plans. This 4 week pilot study shows that RMT in combination with a standard of care home-based COPD management program can improve pulmonary and speech functions.

Many lifestyle and occupational habits negatively impact on physical and mental health, increasing the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases. While larger institutions fulfill occupational health requirements to ensure their employees’ wellbeing at work, smaller business workers and entrepreneurs may neglect initial signs of stress or physical decline, putting themselves at increased risk. Early detection of compromised cardiopulmonary health or fitness has the potential to flag up indications for early interventions and reduce the risk of disease onset and progression. This case study highlights the usefulness of respiratory muscle training (RMT) in improving pulmonary and cardiovascular parameters as an early countermeasure to cardiopulmonary decline. We suggest RMT as an easily accessible, cost- and time effective opportunity to  support a healthy lifestyle.

Unhealthy lifestyle habits can negatively affect cardiopulmonary parameters and contribute to respiratory muscle weakness. • This case presents a 47-year-old female with impaired pulmonary function and elevated cardiovascular risk. • Two weeks of respiratory muscle training ○ improved pulmonary function (FEV1) by 9%, ○ reduced the estimated lung age by 6 years, ○ and increased vascular elasticity by 86%. • The findings highlight the effectiveness of RMT to slow cardiopulmonary decline and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. AbstractThis case study highlights the usefulness of respiratory muscle training (RMT) in improving pulmonary and cardiovascular parameters as an early intervention to cardiopulmonary decline. We suggest RMT as an easily accessible, cost-and time-effective approach to support a healthy lifestyle.Many lifestyle and occupational habits negatively impact physical and mental health, increasing the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases. While larger institutions fulfill occupational health requirements to ensure their employees' wellbeing at work, smaller business workers and entrepreneurs may neglect initial signs of stress or physical decline, putting themselves at increased risk. Early detection of compromised cardiopulmonary health or fitness has the potential to flag up indications for early interventions and reduce the risk of disease onset and progression.Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: