Efeitos da reabilitação pulmonar na dispneia em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica - DPOC

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), is characterized by airflow limitation partially reversible, and dyspnea is the main symptom. This symptom causes the patient's subjective sense of tiredness and breathlessness, restricting and limiting your exercise performance, impacting their activities of daily living and quality of life. Physical training is important to treat this disease because ithelps in improving symptoms, including reduction in dyspnea, and for this reason, pulmonary rehabilitation programs are indicated for treating patients with COPD. Objective: to conduct a literature review on the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on dyspnea assessed by the questionaire Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) in patients with COPD. Methodology: a search was conducted in Medline (Pubmed), Pedro, Lilacs and Scielo, in August 2012, without restriction as at the date ofpublication of the article and that the outcome was assessed by the CRQ. Results: six articles met the inclusion criterion and were selected for this study. Conclusion: pulmonary rehabilitation programs promote significants improvements in dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but does not have a definition on the best structure of these programs.