Improvements in functional and cognitive status following short-term pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD lung transplant recipients: a pilot study.
Vasileios AndrianopoulosRainer GloecklMartina BoenschKatharina HosterTessa SchneebergerInga JaroschRembert A KoczullaKlaus KennPublished in: ERJ open research (2019)
PR is an effective treatment for LTx recipients in the post-transplant phase, improving lung function, exercise responses, and domains of cognitive function of learning, memory and psychomotor speed. PR may facilitate the course of post-operative treatment and should be recommended in LTx.