Abstract:Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable lung inflammatory disease in which professionals can provide patients and caregivers with a specific treatment plan consisting of pharmacological and/or exercise therapy. COPD patients usually control exacerbations and maintain functional status through muscarinic antagonists, either long-acting (LAMA) or short-acting (SABA). One of the functional outcomes of a successful treatment is exercise tolerance, also called subject… Show more
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