Are the gains from pulmonary rehabilitation the same in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other interstitial lung diseases?

• DOI: 10.36141/svdld.v41i3.15530
• Publication Date: 2024-09-24
• Authors: İpek Özmen; Elif Yıldırım; Meral Karakış; Murat Öztürk; Rüya Aydın; Emre Şahal

In addition to dyspnoea and cough in interstitial lung diseases (ILD), the main symptom is decreased effort capacity. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR)is recommended besides medical treatment approaches chronic respiratory diseases. PR programs include such as exercise training, patient family nutritional assessment support, psychosocial support. COPD patients more often directed programs, that also for ILD. this study, we aimed evaluate PR-related gains patinets with IPF non-IPF