Pulmonary rehabilitation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

There is a high incidence of adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),which induces high rate of disability,and heavy financial burden in China.As the core of comprehensive treatments of COPD,lung rehabilitation can improve the quality of life and reduce the cost of treatment.This article introduces not only the definition of COPD lung rehabilitation and its recent states and progress,but also the related indications of different lung rehabilitation techniques with the formulations and resolutions of rehabilitation programs.