Efficacy of exercise in patients with pulmonary fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is easily caused by a variety of factors, resulting in dyspnea, exertion and movement intolerance. This systematic review aims to synthesize evidence on exercise training during rehabilitation for PF in order to improve patients' exercise capacity, quality of life, and lung function.

Methods

Retrieved from the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Embase from inception until April 2022. Participants: patients with PF; Intervention measures: exercise training; Results: exercise ability, quality of life, lung function and cardiopulmonary endurance. Two reviewers independently screen the title, abstract and full text. Finally, quality evaluation and meta-analysis were conducted.

Results

In this study, 13 randomized contro

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature