Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Interstitial Lung Disease
So Young Ahn
Abstract
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogenous group of about 200 chronic respiratory diseases characterized by exertional dyspnea, significant exercise limitation, decline in health-related quality of life (HRQL). Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is well established in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to improve exercise capacity, dyspnea and HRQL. There is increasing evidence of comparable effects of PR in people with ILD. This review will provide an overview of constitution and the current evidence to support pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD), in enhancing quality of life and exercise capacity using exercise training and education. Further investigation includes identifying optimal exercise training regimens to extent duration of benefit, educational topics, and intervention tailored to the complex need to people are required.