Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an irreversible lung disease affecting over
174 million worldwide. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including cardiovascular exercise …

Physical exercise is one of the main components of rehabilitation programs designed for
patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Endurance exercise training, in the form of cycling …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation is a vital component of comprehensive care for
patients with respiratory conditions, such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Background Respiratory diseases impose an immense health burden worldwide and affect
millions of people on a global scale. Reduction of exercise tolerance poses a huge health …

Though Virtual Reality (VR) has made its way into many commercial applications, it has only
begun to gain adoption in applications for rehabilitation and therapy. Though some research …

Background Unlike most virtual reality (VR) training programs that are targeted at
homogenous populations, a set of VR games for rehabilitation purposes targeted at a …

Background The uptake of traditional pulmonary rehabilitation classes by patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is poor because of personal factors that …

The purpose of this study is to assess the benefits of Virtual Reality (VR) as a form of self-
managed Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary …

Objective High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a time-efficient exercise modality to improve
cardiorespiratory fitness, and has recently been popularised by social media influencers …

Purpose To investigate the acceptability and user experience of an in-hospital endurance
training program based on the Virtual Park, a semi-immersive Virtual Reality (VR) system for …