Open AccessPulmonary Rehabilitation Outcomes after Single or Double Lung Transplantation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Interstitial Lung Disease
Author(s) -
Tessa Schneeberger,
Rainer Gloeckl,
Tobias Welte,
Klaus Kenn
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000477351
Subject(s) - medicine , interstitial lung disease , pulmonary rehabilitation , lung transplantation , pulmonary disease , lung , copd , respiratory disease , obstructive lung disease , transplantation , disease , pulmonary function testing , lung disease , intensive care medicine
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) following lung transplantation (LTx) has been shown to be effective with regard to exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQL). However, outcome data is limited with respect to LTx as a population. Differences concerning the effects of PR in patients with single LTx (SLTx) or double LTx (DLTx) have not been studied yet.