Breathing exercises for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Altered breathing mechanics and ventilatory response during exercise in children born extremely preterm

“…This pattern of response is consistent with the exercise response described in preadolescents with cystic fibrosis, another form of obstructive lung disease, who had mild to moderate airway obstruction where the ratio of dead space ventilation to V T was higher than controls throughout exercise 29. It is important to note that exercise training and breathing training have been shown to lower the slope of V E /VCO 2 response to exercise30 and reduce EFL31 and, therefore, may be appropriate therapeutic strategies in children and adults with a history of BPD.…”

Altered breathing mechanics and ventilatory response during exercise in children born extremely preterm

“…This pattern of response is consistent with the exercise response described in preadolescents with cystic fibrosis, another form of obstructive lung disease, who had mild to moderate airway obstruction where the ratio of dead space ventilation to V T was higher than controls throughout exercise 29. It is important to note that exercise training and breathing training have been shown to lower the slope of V E /VCO 2 response to exercise30 and reduce EFL31 and, therefore, may be appropriate therapeutic strategies in children and adults with a history of BPD.…”

A systematic review of the effectiveness of discharge care bundles for patients with COPD

“…While the scientific evidence to support most of these individual interventions is relatively strong,38–40 some ‘non-core’ elements of care included in some discharge bundles lack the same level of strength in the underlying body of evidence. For example, there is very limited evidence of the benefit of breathing exercises in the comprehensive management of people with COPD 41. The majority of studies in this review did not clearly report how the lists of candidate interventions for the bundles were generated; therefore it is largely unknown how these interventions were selected and/or whether input from patients and clinicians was incorporated.…”

Overview of Systematic Reviews: Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Acute and Chronic Health Conditions

“…In an updated search (March 1, 2013), nine of 17 new titles pass initial screening for inclusion. Screening of abstracts identifies seven of these reviews that would need to be collected for further inclusion analysis, of which three focus on adult cancer [54–56], one on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [57], one for depression [58], one for anxiety [59], and one for phantom limb pain [60]. These reviews suggest positive impact of yoga for primary outcomes with no adverse effects, though authors unanimously state that more and better-quality research is needed.…”

Altered breathing mechanics and ventilatory response during exercise in children born extremely preterm

“…This pattern of response is consistent with the exercise response described in preadolescents with cystic fibrosis, another form of obstructive lung disease, who had mild to moderate airway obstruction where the ratio of dead space ventilation to V T was higher than controls throughout exercise 29. It is important to note that exercise training and breathing training have been shown to lower the slope of V E /VCO 2 response to exercise30 and reduce EFL31 and, therefore, may be appropriate therapeutic strategies in children and adults with a history of BPD.…”

A systematic review of the effectiveness of discharge care bundles for patients with COPD

“…While the scientific evidence to support most of these individual interventions is relatively strong,38–40 some ‘non-core’ elements of care included in some discharge bundles lack the same level of strength in the underlying body of evidence. For example, there is very limited evidence of the benefit of breathing exercises in the comprehensive management of people with COPD 41. The majority of studies in this review did not clearly report how the lists of candidate interventions for the bundles were generated; therefore it is largely unknown how these interventions were selected and/or whether input from patients and clinicians was incorporated.…”

Overview of Systematic Reviews: Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Acute and Chronic Health Conditions

“…In an updated search (March 1, 2013), nine of 17 new titles pass initial screening for inclusion. Screening of abstracts identifies seven of these reviews that would need to be collected for further inclusion analysis, of which three focus on adult cancer [54–56], one on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [57], one for depression [58], one for anxiety [59], and one for phantom limb pain [60]. These reviews suggest positive impact of yoga for primary outcomes with no adverse effects, though authors unanimously state that more and better-quality research is needed.…”

Altered breathing mechanics and ventilatory response during exercise in children born extremely preterm

“…This pattern of response is consistent with the exercise response described in preadolescents with cystic fibrosis, another form of obstructive lung disease, who had mild to moderate airway obstruction where the ratio of dead space ventilation to V T was higher than controls throughout exercise 29. It is important to note that exercise training and breathing training have been shown to lower the slope of V E /VCO 2 response to exercise30 and reduce EFL31 and, therefore, may be appropriate therapeutic strategies in children and adults with a history of BPD.…”

A systematic review of the effectiveness of discharge care bundles for patients with COPD

“…While the scientific evidence to support most of these individual interventions is relatively strong,38–40 some ‘non-core’ elements of care included in some discharge bundles lack the same level of strength in the underlying body of evidence. For example, there is very limited evidence of the benefit of breathing exercises in the comprehensive management of people with COPD 41. The majority of studies in this review did not clearly report how the lists of candidate interventions for the bundles were generated; therefore it is largely unknown how these interventions were selected and/or whether input from patients and clinicians was incorporated.…”

Overview of Systematic Reviews: Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention for Adults with Acute and Chronic Health Conditions

“…In an updated search (March 1, 2013), nine of 17 new titles pass initial screening for inclusion. Screening of abstracts identifies seven of these reviews that would need to be collected for further inclusion analysis, of which three focus on adult cancer [54–56], one on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [57], one for depression [58], one for anxiety [59], and one for phantom limb pain [60]. These reviews suggest positive impact of yoga for primary outcomes with no adverse effects, though authors unanimously state that more and better-quality research is needed.…”