Freedive Training Gives Additional Physiological Effect Compared to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD.

Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is beneficial for lung mechanics, chest kinematics, metabolism, and inspiratory and peripheral muscle function. Freediving training (FD) can be effective in sportsmen and can improve breath-holding time.

Aims: We sought to determine the effectiveness of freediving training in the pulmonary rehabilitation of COPD patients.

Effect of interval training with non-invasive ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-a prospective cohort study with matched control group.

Background: In severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interval training (IT) can be performed with oxygen support, which provides beneficial effect on metabolic processes, tissue perfusion, and peripheral muscle function.

Methods: A prospective cohort study with matched controls was performed on patients in Budapest at the Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation of the National Koranyi Institute of Pulmonology between January 1, 2020 and March 1, 2020. After a complex condition assessment, both case and control patients participated in a 3-week long complex pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program that included individual training, education, nutrition, and psychological counseling.

The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in connection with lung transplantation in Hungary.

Background: The role of pre- and post-lung transplant rehabilitation is to maintain or improve exercise tolerance, lung mechanics, peripheral and respiratory muscle function. Our aim was to measure the effectiveness of pre- and post-transplant rehabilitation in terms of the changes of functional and quality of life markers.

Methods: Sixty-three patients (40 COPD FEV1: 21±5%pred, 18 IPF TLC: 42±13%pred, 4 bronchiectasis FEV1: 28±4%pred and 1 alveolitis fibrotisans TLC: 31%pred) participated in a pre- and 14 took part in a post-transplant rehabilitation program (more than 2 months after lung transplantation (LTx), primary diagnoses: 9 COPD, 4 IPF).

Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation and correlations in between functional parameters, extent of thoracic surgery and severity of post-operative complications: randomized clinical trial.

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation can be effective in perioperative condition. Our aim was to examine whether the changes of functional markers are significant and search connections between these values and the severity of postoperative complications.

Methods: A total of 238 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients underwent perioperative pulmonary rehabilitation with thoracic surgery.

The relationship between exercise capacity and different functional markers in pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD.

Rationale: The relationship of functional parameters such as lung mechanics, chest kinematics, metabolism and peripheral and respiratory muscle function with the level of exercise tolerance remains a controversial subject. While it has been previously shown that pulmonary rehabilitation is capable of improving exercise tolerance in patients afflicted by COPD, as expressed by values of 6-minute walking test (6MWT), the degree of contribution to this change by each of the aforementioned parameters remains unclear.

Aims: To investigate the correlation between changes in exercise capacity and other functional markers following pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD and to determine which parameters are more closely related to improvements of exercise tolerance.

Effectiveness of perioperative pulmonary rehabilitation in thoracic surgery.

Background: Functional condition is crucial for operability of patients with lung cancer and/or chronic respiratory diseases. The aim of the study was to measure changes of functional and quality of life parameters in terms of the effectiveness of perioperative pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Methods: A total of 208 COPD patients (age: 63±9 years, man/woman: 114/94, FEV1: 62±14%pred) participated in a perioperative PR program.

Assessment of the Anti-Aging Klotho Protein in Patients with COPD Undergoing Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with the accelerated aging of the lung. The protein klotho has been implicated in longevity, and there is some evidence that it might be involved in the pathomechanism of chronic respiratory diseases. Therefore, we aimed to examine whether the clinical condition of COPD patients is reflected in plasma klotho concentration.