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  • Title: [Respiratory muscle training in pulmonary rehabilitation].
    Author: Croitoru A, Bogdan MA.
    Journal: Pneumologia; 2013; 62(3):166-71. PubMed ID: 24274001.
    Abstract:
    Respiratory muscles are essential in maintaining normal ventilation and adequate gas exchanges. Any imbalance in their function can lead to clinical symptoms: dyspnea, hypercapnia, exercise intolerance, ineffective cough. In the pulmonary rehabilitation a particular area is represented by the respiratory muscle training in various lung diseases. Inspiratory muscles training, particularly in COPD patients, has a beneficial effect, resulting in increased strength and endurance of respiratory muscles, decreased dyspnea level, improved quality of life and exercise tolerance. It is a therapy that can be used alone or in combination with generalized physical training, especially in patients with inspiratory muscle weakness.
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