Application of Breathing Trainer in Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Stable Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

At present,the mechanism of breathing trainer is not very clear,but it mainly bases on the neuromuscular plasticity of re-spiratory muscle.The breathing trainers appeared on the market mainly included resistance load or threshold load breath-ing trainers,abdominal breathing trainers,multifunctional breathing trainers,and new breathing trainers.However,the efficacy of breathing trainer on the stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remains uncertain, and needs further researches.