Many respiratory and lung diseases are chronic and some of them are incurable. Respiratory diseases impact hundreds of millions of people worldwide and incur significant medical costs and loss of productivity. One of the most well-studied respiratory diseases is the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is currently incurable and is projected to be the third most frequent cause of death worldwide [517].

Chapter Contents:

• 14.1 Clinical scales and tests in pulmonary rehabilitation
• 14.1.1 The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion
• 14.1.2 Dyspnea ratings
• 14.1.3 The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey
• 14.1.4 Numeric rating scale as a measure of dyspnea
• 14.1.5 Medical Research Council dyspnea scale
• 14.1.6 Functional independence measure
• 14.1.7 Cumulative illness rating scale
• 14.1.8 St. Georg's respiratory questionnaire
• 14.1.9 Feeling thermometer
• 14.1.10 The six-minute walk test
• 14.1.11 Short physical performance battery
• 14.1.12 Functional ambulation category
• 14.2 Exercise training
• 14.2.1 Endurance training
• 14.2.2 Interval training
• 14.2.3 Resistance/strength training
• 14.2.4 Upper limb training
• 14.2.5 Flexibility training
• 14.2.6 Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
• 14.2.7 Inspiratory muscle training
• 14.3 Pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD
• 14.3.1 Functional testing and measurement of physiological parameters
• 14.3.2 Telehealth
• 14.3.3 Technology-facilitated exercise training
• 14.3.4 Technology-facilitated self-management
• 14.4 Pulmonary rehabilitation for COVID-19

Inspec keywords: pneumodynamics; lung; patient diagnosis; diseases

Other keywords: significant medical costs; lung diseases; technology-facilitated pulmonary rehabilitation; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; well-studied respiratory diseases

Subjects: Haemodynamics, pneumodynamics; X-rays and particle beams (medical uses); Medical administration; Patient diagnostic methods and instrumentation; Biomedical measurement and imaging; Biology and medical computing; Patient care and treatment; X-ray techniques: radiography and computed tomography (biomedical imaging/measurement); Patient care and treatment