| Title | Long-term physical training allows high exercise performance in moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | | Author(s) | Santoriello C, Fiorenzano G, Musella V, De Rosa C, Polverino M | | Institution | Respiratory Phisiopathology, High-specialized Regional Center, Cava de' Tirreni Hospital, Local Health Unit Salerno 1, Salerno, Italy gxfiore@tiscali.it. | | Source | J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2009 Jun; 49(2):184-6. | | Abstract | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major health problem, because of its prevalence, morbidity and mortality. As a result of symptoms such as cough and dyspnea patients with COPD suffer from exercise limitation and reduced health related quality of life. The present paper reports the case of a 67-year old ex-smoker patient with COPD, who had exercised regularly since when he was young, and maintained a better exercise capacity than healthy people of the same age, despite a forced expiratory volume in 1 second of the 60% of the predicted normal value. This case suggests that regular physical exercise in COPD patients may prevent the loss of exercise capacity despite significant airway obstruction. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19528897 |
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