title: Pulmonary rehabilitation at the time of the COPD exacerbation.
abstract: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is associated with improvements in exercise capacity, health related quality of life, psychological symptoms and response to utilization. Acute exacerbations threaten these improvements. An awareness of the clinical sequelae of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease enables approaches, such as early post exacerbation rehabilitation to mitigate its negative effects.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, 82 Buttonwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6M 2J5, Canada. Electronic address: rgoldstein@westpark.org.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Healthcare Centre, 82 Buttonwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6M 2J5, Canada.
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D010359:Patient Readmission; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Acute exacerbation; COPD; Exercise; Physical therapy; Pulmonary rehabilitation