Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

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Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

What is cardiopulmonary rehabilitation?

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation includes interventions that maximize patients' functional potential due to progressive deconditioning or acute decompensation following a medical event. It aims to alleviate the psychological and physiological stresses associated with cardiopulmonary diseases, reduces the risk of mortality, and improves cardiopulmonary function by optimizing their quality of life.

Who are the targets to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation?

Population with
-Chronic lung disease
-Cardiopulmonary Disease
-POST-COVID-19 condition
-Geriatrics with declining cardiopulmonary function

Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Physiotherapy

At HKMUPC, an integrated physiotherapy program is designed according to individuals' medical condition in order to gradually increase your activity of daily living and physical functioning by achieving the following aims:
• Reduce dyspnea
• Reduce the psychological effects like, anxiety, stress, and depression
• Improve lung capacity
• Increase the muscle strength