Influence of aerobic exercise on rehabilitation of senile COPD patients
Abstract：Obj ective:To observe the influence of aerobic exercise on dyspnea and quality of life of senile COPD patients.Methods:A total of 86 senile COPD patients were randomly divided into two groups:42 pa-tients in aerobic rehabilitation group,44 patients in general rehabilitation group.Patients in general rehabilitation group were treated with regular methods and general rehabilitation care,besides that the patients in aero-bic intervention group were given aerobic exercise rehabilitation interven-tion.The treatment course was for 1 2 weeks in both groups.Both groups of patients were recorded with their Dyspnea Scale and the St George’ Respiratory Questionnaire before and after the treatments.Results:The dyspnea score and total SGRQ score of patients in both groups decreased after the treatment.The difference was significant (P<0.01).The im-provement of dyspnea was more significant in the aerobic rehabilitation group,and there was statistically significant difference in scores com-pared with the general rehabilitation group (P<0.05).Conclusion:Aer-obic exercise can improve the dyspnea of senile COPD patients and en-hance their quality of life.
Keywords：COPDaerobic exercisequality of lifedyspnea scalethe St George’Respiratory Questionnaire(SGRQ)
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1850-1852 )