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Review: rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and alleviates shortness of breath in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.1.22

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    Salman GF, Mosier MC, Beasley BW, et al. Rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:213–21.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), does rehabilitation (extremity or respiratory muscle exercise) increase exercise capacity and alleviate shortness of breath?

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    Medline (1966–2000), CINAHL (1990–2000), the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, abstracts presented at national meetings (American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society), and bibliographies of relevant articles.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (published in any language) that involved patients with obstructive lung disease (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] <70% of predicted value or FEV1/forced vital capacity <70% of predicted value) and symptoms …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr G F Salman, Austin Diagnostic Clinic, Austin, TX, USA. gsalmanadclinic.com

    • Sources of funding: no external funding.