Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease /
تأهيل الجهاز التنفسى فى مرضى السدة الرئوية
Marwa Moawad Shaban ; Supervised Ahmed Abdelmeged Elhadidy , Hossam Hoseny Masoud , Amany Raafat Mohamed
- Cairo : Marwa Moawad Shaban , 2011
- 232 P. : charts ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
COPD affects various structural and functional domains in the lungs, leading to airflow limitation. It also has significant extrapulmonary effects . Weight loss , nutritional abnormalities and skeletal muscle dysfunction are well - recognized systemic effects . Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR ) programs are beneficial to COPD in order to improve exercise capacity , muscle force , symptoms and health - related quality of life
Aerobic training program COPD Short term exercise training program