The "pulmonary rehabilitation pilot" is a special programme that combines exercise and education for sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and bronchiectasis.

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation has been slowly gaining momentum for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but ...

Doing rehab prior to treatment for lung cancer — or prehabilitation — may improve recovery and survival. It can make surgery viable for patients who weren’t candidates before.

Virtual pulmonary rehab programs offer a safe, effective way to manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially for those needing oxygen support.

A new study published in the journal of Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease showed that after just 4 to 8 weeks, pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), which includes breath control exercises, can ...

A musician needs full lungs to play the harmonica — that makes the pocket-size instrument just what the doctor ordered for respiratory therapy patients at Baton Rouge General Pulmonary ...

That said, the quality-of-life improvements seen with pulmonary rehab for people with asthma are robust. For example, pulmonary rehab can be encouraging for people with exercise-induced asthma.

When a person’s asthma is severe or isn’t managed well by typical protocols, they may be a good candidate for pulmonary rehabilitation.

Pulmonary rehabilitation led to modest improvements in measures of aerobic training and in muscle training volumes with no major adverse events. However, participation in outpatient pulmonary ...