Background and objectives: COPD Guidelines recommend that programmes of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) are tailored to individuals to improve symptoms, quality of life and self management. Accessing PR is dependent on travelling to classes. Many people, who live in rural areas, are socially isolated, or who live with severe disease that reduces mobility, are unable to travel far. Patients in Sco...

Pulmonary rehabilitation can help people with long-term lung conditions whose symptoms, such as breathlessness and being easily tired out by daily activities, seriously impact their lives.

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...

2. Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Piña IL, Spertus J; American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation/American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention PerformanceMeasuresWriting Committee. AACVPR/ACC/AHA 2007 performancemeasures on cardiac rehabilitation for referral to and delivery of cardiac rehabilitation/seconda...

Quadriceps strength training is a key component of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Clinical interpretability changes in muscle following PR however limited due to the lack cut-off ...