Pulmonary rehabilitation

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation improves exercise capacity in humans.

   Reviewin patients with COPD

   Physical inactivity in COPD: a key determinant of frailty and adverse outcomes · Respiratory medicine · 22 Sep 2026

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation decreases mortality in humans (73% lower mortality risk (HR = 0.266)).

   Humans16 to 27 sessions compared with 1 to 11 sessions, post-lung transplantation16 to 27 sessions

   Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Exercise Capacity, Rehospitalization, and Survival After Lung Transplant · Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 4 Sep 2026

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation decreases rehospitalization in humans (48% lower rehospitalization rate (IRR = 0.518)).

   Humans16 to 27 sessions compared with 1 to 11 sessions, within 1 year of lung transplantation16 to 27 sessionswithin 1 year of transplantation

   Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Exercise Capacity, Rehospitalization, and Survival After Lung Transplant · Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 4 Sep 2026

1. Pulmonary rehabilitation improves 6-minute walk test distance in humans (+4.7 m).

   Humanseach additional session post-lung transplantationeach additional PR session

   Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Exercise Capacity, Rehospitalization, and Survival After Lung Transplant · Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention · 4 Sep 2026

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