A 12-month, home-based exercise program improved exercise capacity and patient-perceived fitness in adults with COPD but did not affect dyspnea, according to new data published in Chest. “Home-based ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s actually ...

Patients with COPD who did a post-PR exercise program performed better in sit-to-stand and physical activity tests, but no effect was seen in HRQoL or COPD symptoms. Doing a community-based physical ...

Researchers discovered that exercise helps to alleviate various symptoms for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, and lung ...

For those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), regular physical activity can bring a host of benefits. Research links exercise to lower risk of COPD-related hospital admission as well as ...

Making some simple tweaks to exercises like walking and cycling can help you do them more easily if you have COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of lung diseases that can ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – which includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma – has become the fourth-leading cause of death and is one of the only major chronic diseases that has ...

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivered using a ventilator and a full-face mask during exercise reduced dynamic hyperinflation (DH) and improved exercise duration compared with no NIV in patients with ...

Inclusion required a diagnosis of COPD [10] based on standardized spirometry, [11] clinical stability, smoking abstinence, and willingness to enroll in an inpatient or outpatient pulmonary ...

April 19 -- FRIDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- A computer program may help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) gain better control over their breathing and breathe more ...