Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Yoga training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Raj N, Moorthy A. M

Abstract :

 Breathing capacity and activity limitation are characteristic features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Exercise intolerance may result from ventilatory limitation, car–diovascular impairment, and/or skeletal muscle dysfunction. yoga training, a core component of pulmonary rehabilitation, improves the lung capacity (endurance and, to a lesser degree, maximal work capacity) of patients with COPD in spite of the irreversible abnormalities in lung function. Dyspnea and health–related quality of life also improve following pulmonary rehabilitation. The clinical benefits of yoga  rehabilitation last up to 2 years following 12 weeks of training. Existing evi–dence–based guidelines recommend that exercise training/pul–monary rehabilitation be included routinely in the management of patients with moderate to severe COPD. Yoga training/ pulmonary rehabilitation may be undertaken in an inpatient, out–patient, or home–based setting, depending on the individual needs of the patient and available resources. The type and inten–sity of training and muscle groups trained determine the expected outcomes of exercise training. Both high– and low–intensity exercise lead to increased exercise endurance, but only high–intensity training also leads to physiologic gains in yoga fitness. The rationale for and outcomes of yoga  training, as well as ventilatory muscle training, are reviewed, and  discussed.

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Raj N, MOORTHY A.M, Yoga training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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