Table 2 Components of pulmonary rehabilitation from the selected papers.
de Grass 2014 | Duruturk 2015 | Deepak 2014 | Elci 2008 | Akinci 2013 | Farias 2014 | Paz-Diaz 2007 | Pradella 2015 | Karapolat 2007 | de Souto Araujo 2012 | Ghanem 2009 | Mohannadi 2013 | Singh 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exercise programme | ||||||||||||||
Endurance training (including interval training) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 13 |
Resistance/strength training | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | ||||||
Upper limb exercise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | |||||||
Flexibility training | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | |||||||||
Breathing exercises (including IMT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | |||||
Other components | ||||||||||||||
Pursed-lip breathing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||||
Diaphragmatic breathing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | ||||||
Knowledge (disease/medication) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | |||
Skill acquisition (airway clearance, inhaler technique, use of oxygen) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | ||||||
Psychological interventions (CBT, relaxation) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | |||||||||
Coping strategies (pacing, energy conservation) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 | ||||||||
Nutrition | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 | |||||||||
Physical activity (Unsupervised exercise) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | ||||||||||
Smoking cessation | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | |||||||||||
Self-management | ✓ | 1 | ||||||||||||
Social support (including walking aids) | ✓ | 1 | ||||||||||||
Pharmacological optimisation | ✓ | ✓ | 2 | |||||||||||
