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[Pulmonary rehabilitation - a modern and patient-centred treatment approach in COPD].
- Source :
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Praxis [Praxis (Bern 1994)] 2013 Jan 16; Vol. 102 (2), pp. 99-106. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Physical exercise is highly effective to improve exercise capacity and quality of life of patients with COPD and to reduce the risk for hospital admissions in patients with exacerbations.The combination of physical exercise,patient education and pharmacotherapy,as typically performed during pulmonary rehabilitation, has become the modern disease management for COPD patients. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of evidence on effective treatments to increase levels of physical activity. But there are currently major research efforts to evaluate drug and non-drug treatments for increasing levels of physical activity. This raises hopes that effective treatments could,through an increase in physical activity,reduce the risk for hospital admissions and early death in COPD patients.
- Subjects :
- Combined Modality Therapy
Disease Management
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive classification
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive diagnosis
Treatment Outcome
Exercise Therapy
Patient Education as Topic
Patient-Centered Care
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive rehabilitation
Quality of Life
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 1661-8157
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Praxis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23384953
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a001172