Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and cancer rehabilitation. 3. Pulmonary rehabilitation

Abstract

(a) To review the assessment and therapeutic options in the rehabilitation of patients with pulmonary diseases and (b) to describe the pulmonary management of neurologic disorders.

Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation programme: A controlled clinical trial

“…Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) involves patient assessment, exercise training, education, behaviour change, nutritional intervention and psychosocial support (4). Benefits of PR include improved exercise tolerance, improved quality of life and lowered perception of dyspnoea (5). Exercise programmes alone have clear benefits, while the benefits of education or psychosocial support without exercise training are less well documented (6).…”