Effects of Oxygen on Exercise Duration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients before and after Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Nha Voduc; Caroline Tessier; Elham Sabri; Dean Fergusson; Lyne Lavallee; Shawn D Aaron

doi:10.1155/2010/142031

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2010)

Effects of Oxygen on Exercise Duration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients before and after Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Nha Voduc,
Caroline Tessier,
Elham Sabri,
Dean Fergusson,
Lyne Lavallee,
Shawn D Aaron

Affiliations

Nha Voduc: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Caroline Tessier: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Elham Sabri: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dean Fergusson: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lyne Lavallee: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Shawn D Aaron: Division of Respirology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/142031
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. e14 – e19

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Supplemental oxygen therapy has been shown to improve exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is unknown whether the magnitude of this benefit would be affected by participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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