Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Anne E. Holland is Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of Respiratory Research at Monash University and Alfred Health (Melbourne, Australia). Simone Dal Corso is Professor of the Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Science at the Universidade Nove de Julho (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Martijn A. Spruit is a member of the Executive Board of Ciro, a specialised pulmonary rehabilitation centre in Horn (the Netherlands). He is also Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences at Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands).

The rationale for pulmonary rehabilitation; Patient experiences; Assessment; Exercise prescription for people with stable COPD; Alternative training strategies for patients with chronic respiratory disease; Occupational therapy, nutritional modulation and psychological support; Education and self-management; Multimorbidity; Palliative care; Special considerations in conditions other than COPD; Exacerbations of COPD; Falls and balance in patients with COPD; Measuring and enhancing physical activity in patients with chronic lung disease; Health behaviour change; What happens after pulmonary rehabilitation?; How to establish a pulmonary rehabilitation programme; Quality assurance and control; Access to services around the world; Low-resource settings; Emerging models; What does the future hold?