Abstract Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an increasingly
prevalent respiratory disease that impacts on daily living. In addition to difficulty breathing …

The benefits of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in patients with COPD were reported.
However, its effects are limited in severe COPD patients. Further researches are required in …

Background Respiratory involvement is a common consequence of COVID-19; changes in
cardiorespiratory parameters of these patients during respiratory rehabilitation program are …

Airway inflammation characterized as asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases
in the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible effect of inspiratory muscle …

Abstract Introduction. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common,
preventable and treatable disease. The pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a mutidisciplinary …

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is characterized by a chronic and common musculoskeletal
system pain that affects cervical mobility and inspiration. This may cause changes in thoracic …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is primarily a disease of the lungs; however,
extrapulmonary comorbidities like rib cage stiffness, decreased thoracic spine mobility …

Background Stretching of respiratory muscles is included in what is known as manual
therapy techniques. A diaphragm stretching technique has shown beneficial effects on …

Objective This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of implementing a manual therapy
technique (muscle energy technique, MET) protocol in a hospital pulmonary rehabilitation …

Background The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching could improve
the contractile capacity of respiratory muscles, but the effect on pulmonary function, when it …