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 ...
exercise capacity, muscle function, comorbidities, systemic inflammation, health-related quality of life and hospital admissions in COPD patients. Because of the many health benefits of physical ...
We performed a literature search on the effects of physical activity in patients with mild to moderate COPD on exercise tolerance, dyspnea and quality of life (QOL). In addition, we looked for ...
While physical activity has many health benefits in general, the level of physical activity in COPD patients appears to be low, compared with a healthy population but also with other patient ...