Comparative Rehabilitation Benefits of Water-Based Versus Land-Based Exercise in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Weiping DuSchool of Physical Education, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan 756099, China.ORCID 0009-0004-6966-6027

Jianhua ZhouSchool of Physical Education, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan 756099, China.

Aiping ChiSchool of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6804-2731

Funding

Ningxia Natural Science Foundation 2025AAC030630

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) commonly experience impaired lung function, reduced exercise tolerance, and respiratory muscle weakness. Owing to the unique properties of the aquatic environment, water-based exercise may provide rehabilitation benefits that differ from those of traditional land-based exercise.

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chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseland-based exercisemeta-analysispulmonary rehabilitationwater-based exercise

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PMID41752845

DOI10.3390/life16020207

PMCPMC12941780

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