The sixth and final issue of 2024 (Volume 44, No. 6) will be available by early November for AACVPR members.
This issue features a collection of invited reviews and commentaries on important topics in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including the history of pulmonary rehabilitation, performance measurement, the impact of COVID-19 on pulmonary rehabilitation, future research priorities, and more. Make sure to review this issue and share it with your colleagues that work in pulmonary rehab.
Please see below for the full table of contents, now with special descriptions about what you can expect from each article. You can access the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention:
From the Editor
- 2024 JCRP Year in Review
- Hear from Dr. Todd Brown on JCRP accomplishments and milestones, including the most frequently cited articles from 2022-2023 and our top reviewers for September 2023-August 2024.
Invited Commentaries
- An Introduction to the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention’s Special Issue on Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- PR Special Issue Guest Editors Dr. Daniel Stevens, Dr. Abraham Babu, and Dr. Gerene Bauldoff provide a high-level overview of the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation and the topics that are covered in this issue of JCRP.
- History of Pulmonary Rehabilitation: An International Perspective
- Curious about the history and development of pulmonary rehabilitation? Check out this invited commentary that covers the development of the field from 1895 to today, including challenges and opportunities for the future.
- Contemporary Performance Measurement in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Make sure to read this article to learn about the importance of guidelines and performance measures in pushing pulmonary rehab forward to improved outcomes for patients.
- Long-Term Physical Activity Behavior Change in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Promoting Motivation
- Do your patients struggle to maintain physical activity levels over extended periods? Read this article to help better identify motivational challenges for patients to maintain physical activity levels and strategies that can be used to overcome these challenges.
Invited Reviews
- Alternative Modes of Delivery in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature
- Learn more about the efficacy of various alternative delivery modes for pulmonary rehabilitation, in addition to the challenges that each face and future strategies that may be implemented to help overcome these challenges. Check out the visual abstract for this article below:
- Impact of COVID-19 on Exercise-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation: What Lessons Have We Learned?
- The landscape of pulmonary rehabilitation has changed significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Read this article to learn about the impact the pandemic had on the development and expansion of different delivery models, the positive impact that PR can have on patients with long COVID, and challenges that were exposed by the pandemic that should be addressed to improve access to PR and PR outcomes. A visual abstract based on the article is available below:
- The Obesity Paradox in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Relevance and Implications to Clinical Practice
- Despite more than 35% of COPD patients being classified as obese, systematic reviews and meta-analyses indicate that underweight COPD patients have a higher risk of mortality than COPD patients who are overweight or obese. While interesting, this data point alone does not paint a complete picture of the health of patients who are overweight and obese that participate in PR. Additionally, little research exists on the impact of PR in reducing weight in patients who are overweight or obese during rehabilitation. Read this article today to learn more about the obesity paradox in the context of PR, suggestions for future research, and ways PR programs can adapt to meet the specific needs of patients who are overweight and obese.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Diseases Other Than COPD
- This review article summarizes the current research available on the impact of PR for patients with non-COPD diagnoses, including ILD, asthma, long COVID, bronchiectasis, pulmonary hypertension, and lung cancer. Based on the current literature, functional capacity and dyspnea improvements are shown in all of these diagnoses, and health-related quality of life improved in all except lung cancer, likely due to lacking data on this specific topic. Read the full article today for more information on the applicability of these results to the practice of PR, and for suggestions for future research on these topics.
- Research Priorities in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: The Urgent Need to Increase the Portfolio of Rehabilitation Options for Chronic Lung Disease
- The final article in this special issue of JCRP focuses on the future of research in PR. The authors lay out ongoing research in COPD and PR from around the world and identify future priorities for research, including strategies to study the effectiveness of new methods for increasing enrollment and adherence in PR programs. The article also encourages the study of various delivery methods for PR and the expansion of PR to incorporate all patients with chronic lung disease instead of just patients with COPD in traditional PR settings. Review the visual abstract for the article below:
Upcoming Content
For upcoming content in the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention:
Check out the Published Ahead of Print section for articles published ahead of the print version of JCRP.