ReviewClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2020
Is it possible to reverse frailty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
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- Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Frailty Is a Predictor of Disability, Hospitalization and Mortality in Older Adults with COPD: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Developmental trajectories of frailty among Chinese elderly COPD patients: a prospective cohort study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Advances in pathophysiology and assessment methods of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with frailty.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Impact of Frailty on Activities of Daily Living and Length of Hospitalization in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Relationship Between COPD Progression and Frailty Progression: A Five-year Observation in Real Clinical Practice.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Observational
- Frailty and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Is There Any Association?International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Article
- Is Frailty Diagnosis Important in Patients with COPD? A Narrative Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Association of geriatric syndromes in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2022Article
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Abstract
In recent years, frailty has attracted increasing attention from clinicians and health care workers. The influence of frailty on the elderly, especially those with chronic diseases of the respiratory system, is highly significant. Frailty is particularly more common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Frailty and COPD share many risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms. As a comprehensive interventional method for chronic respiratory diseases, pulmonary rehabilitation is an important basic measure for the management of patients with COPD. Frailty in these patients can be reversed using pulmonary rehabilitation by targeting five components of the frailty phenotype at the entry point. The present review discusses the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD complicated by frailty and provides a theoretical basis for pulmonary rehabilitation treatment in this population. In addition, the timing of pulmonary rehabilitation is also addressed, with the prefrail stage being the "golden" period. The implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation must vary among individuals, and individualized treatment strategies will help maximize benefits.
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