Application of pulmonary rehabilitation in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary and comprehensive intervention for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including exercise training, behavior change and self-management.It aims to improve the physical and psychological condition of people with chronic respiratory diseases and to promote the long-term adhe-rence to health-enhancing behaviors.Pulmonary rehabilitation has been extensively applied to adults with chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and it also has been adopted for children with respiratory related diseases.Pulmonary rehabilitation strategies vary for different diseases.Individualized pulmonary rehabilitation programs should be made according to the underlying diseases of children.In this manuscript, the application of exercise training in children with asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchiolitis obliterans, neuromuscular diseases complicated with respiratory problems and severe pneumonia were reviewed.