[Quality of life outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)].
Pulmonary rehabilitation is an important modality in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this review we introduce the terms of outcomes of the disease and of quality of life. We then review the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on outcomes of COPD. We focus on the role of various modalities of pulmonary rehabilitation on improving the quality of life of patients with this condition.
Kasibowska-Kuźniar
Kamilla
K
Katedry i Kliniki Pulmonologii i Nowotworów, Płuc Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
Jankowska
Renata
R
Kuźniar
Tomasz
T
D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome