Pulmonary rehabilitation effective for both obese and slim COPD patients

Published May 20, 2010

Pulmonary rehabilitation effective for both obese and slim COPD patients
Obese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stand to gain as much from pulmonary rehabilitation as their slimmer counterparts, even though as a group they have a lower exercise capacity, according to new research from the University Hospitals of Leicester in the UK.