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Rehabilitation of IPF Patients: Effects of Exercise and Oxidant Stress
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating pulmonary rehabilitation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Completed, enrolled 25 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The incidence and prevalence of IPF increase exponentially with age, and IPF occurs more often in older males. Cigarette smoking and environmental dust exposures are known risk factors for developing IPF. For example, the recently deployed military population, as it ages, is at especially increased risk of IPF. No effective therapies exist, although lung transplantation is used to extend survival of selected patients. Defining specific therapy to improve exercise tolerance and dyspnea in IPF patients is thus an urgent priority of veteran-oriented research programs.
Study Details
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Interventions
structured exercise program