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Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 30(6): 629-635
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242632
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An Historical Perspective

Brian W. Carlin1 , 2
  • 1Department of Medicine, Drexel University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 2Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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25 November 2009 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a standard of care for patients with chronic lung disease. Through appropriate patient selection and assessment, exercise training, educational and psychosocial intervention, nutritional counseling, and breathing retraining, many benefits (e.g., reduction in level of dyspnea, improvement in exercise tolerance, improvement in health-related quality of life, and reduction in health care resource utilization) are gained by patients who have undergone rehabilitation. From the initial finding of improved patient’s capabilities, to times of extreme skepticism and doubt, to the state of being a standard of care, pulmonary rehabilitation has undergone many periods of transformation over the last several decades. This review expands upon previous reviews of the history behind modern-day pulmonary rehabilitation.

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Pulmonary rehabilitation - history

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