Open AccessPulmonary rehabilitation in a postcoronavirus disease 2019 world: feasibility, challenges, and solutions
Author(s) -
Jinyu Wen,
Stephen Milne,
Don D. Sin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current opinion in pulmonary medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1531-6971
pISSN - 1070-5287
DOI - 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000832
Subject(s) - pulmonary rehabilitation , medicine , telerehabilitation , rehabilitation , telehealth , pulmonary disease , copd , multidisciplinary approach , telemedicine , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , disease , health care , pathology , social science , sociology , economic growth , economics , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Pulmonary rehabilitation improves clinical outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Traditional centre-based (in-person) pulmonary rehabilitation was largely shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many centres to rapidly shift to remote home-based programs in the form of telerehabilitation (tele-pulmonary rehabilitation). This review summarizes the recent evidence for the feasibility and effectiveness of remote pulmonary rehabilitation programs, and their implications for the delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in a postpandemic world.