Pulmonary rehabilitation versus usual care for adults with asthma

Telerehabilitation in pulmonary diseases

“…The promising physiological benefits of exercise training in patients with COPD in the early 1990 s lay the foundation for developing an integrated programme of pulmonary rehabilitation [10], leading to landmark clinical trials in COPD between 1994 and 2000 [11][12][13]. More recently, evidence of pulmonary rehabilitation is accumulating for other chronic pulmonary disease, including asthma [14], bronchiectasis [15][16][17], ILD [18] and pulmonary hypertension [19,20]. Despite variations in disease mechanisms, manifestations and trajectories across different chronic pulmonary diseases, these studies showed that pulmonary rehabilitation consistently improves exercise and functional capacity, health-related quality of life, and symptom control and mental wellbeing.…”

Global trends in eczema prevalence during early life

“…Cochrane review findings for pulmonary rehabilitation in adults with asthma, showing evidence for a beneficial effect on exercise capacity (6‐min walk, upper forest plot) and less conclusive evidence for a reduction in asthma symptoms (asthma control questionnaire, lower forest plot). Figures reproduced from Osadnik et al Cochrane review 9 …”

Cochrane corner: Pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with asthma

“…The NHS long‐term plan encourages referrals to Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) services for patients with some chronic respiratory diseases due to evidence for its cost‐effectiveness in reducing symptoms and hospital admissions 2 . This review 3 explored the use of PR in asthma management with the hypothesis that its combination of educational and exercise components could benefit asthma patients similar to other chronic respiratory diseases 4,5 …”