Chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are highly prevalent conditions that significantly deteriorate people's health across their lifespan, affecting their physiological, psychological, and social dimensions. The multisystemic manifestations of cardiorespiratory diseases lead to several physical and functional impairments, resulting in disabilities that contribute to reducing the quality of life for patients and their families, as well as their social environment.
Physical rehabilitation plays a pivotal role as a non-pharmacological intervention in the treatment of chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. In a multidisciplinary approach, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation includes but is not limited to, evaluation, exercise prescription assessment, behavioral medicine, education, risk management, and primary prevention. The primary objectives of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation are improving the physical and physiological condition of patients and promoting long-term adherence to healthy lifestyles.
Over the last decades, accumulating evidence has deepened the understanding of physical exercise in patients with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This knowledge has allowed the development of the best evidence-based protocols for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in clinical settings. Additionally, the progressive advancement of digital technology and artificial intelligence has not only improved the precision of tools for patient treatment and assessment but has also transformed the interaction modalities during rehabilitation by implementing telehealth tools, such as telerehabilitation.
Thus, regardless of the modality, nowadays, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is widely considered a safe and cost-effective intervention that has been demonstrated to result in significant improvement in functional capacity, exercise performance, quality of life, hospitalization admission, and survival. This places rehabilitation at the forefront as a valuable coadjuvant to the treatment of chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
This Research Topic aims to highlight recent findings and developments in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation for both pediatric and adult patients. This Topic will consider different settings and scopes, including epidemiology, exercise science, pharmacology, evidence-based health, and social sciences.
We would like to bring together experts from diverse disciplines to address current questions in cardiovascular and respiratory rehabilitation, in order to provide to scientific community with the best possible answers through high-quality evidence that broadens and improves the current state of the art in all areas of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics:
-Epidemiology of the functional impact of cardiorespiratory diseases.
-Advances in rehabilitation approaches in both adult and pediatric populations with cardiovascular and respiratory disorders.
-Systematic reviews of treatment, diagnosis, and/or measurement properties applied to cardiovascular and respiratory rehabilitation.
-Application of international classification of functioning, disability, and health to cardiovascular and respiratory diseased patients.
-Qualitative research in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
-Philosophy of rehabilitation applied to cardiopulmonary diseases.
-The availability, design, and cost-effective analysis of rehabilitation resources, technologies, and applications for cardiovascular and respiratory patients.
Chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are highly prevalent conditions that significantly deteriorate people's health across their lifespan, affecting their physiological, psychological, and social dimensions. The multisystemic manifestations of cardiorespiratory diseases lead to several physical and functional impairments, resulting in disabilities that contribute to reducing the quality of life for patients and their families, as well as their social environment.
Physical rehabilitation plays a pivotal role as a non-pharmacological intervention in the treatment of chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. In a multidisciplinary approach, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation includes but is not limited to, evaluation, exercise prescription assessment, behavioral medicine, education, risk management, and primary prevention. The primary objectives of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation are improving the physical and physiological condition of patients and promoting long-term adherence to healthy lifestyles.
Over the last decades, accumulating evidence has deepened the understanding of physical exercise in patients with chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This knowledge has allowed the development of the best evidence-based protocols for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in clinical settings. Additionally, the progressive advancement of digital technology and artificial intelligence has not only improved the precision of tools for patient treatment and assessment but has also transformed the interaction modalities during rehabilitation by implementing telehealth tools, such as telerehabilitation.
Thus, regardless of the modality, nowadays, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is widely considered a safe and cost-effective intervention that has been demonstrated to result in significant improvement in functional capacity, exercise performance, quality of life, hospitalization admission, and survival. This places rehabilitation at the forefront as a valuable coadjuvant to the treatment of chronic cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
This Research Topic aims to highlight recent findings and developments in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation for both pediatric and adult patients. This Topic will consider different settings and scopes, including epidemiology, exercise science, pharmacology, evidence-based health, and social sciences.
We would like to bring together experts from diverse disciplines to address current questions in cardiovascular and respiratory rehabilitation, in order to provide to scientific community with the best possible answers through high-quality evidence that broadens and improves the current state of the art in all areas of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts including, but not limited to, the following topics:
-Epidemiology of the functional impact of cardiorespiratory diseases.
-Advances in rehabilitation approaches in both adult and pediatric populations with cardiovascular and respiratory disorders.
-Systematic reviews of treatment, diagnosis, and/or measurement properties applied to cardiovascular and respiratory rehabilitation.
-Application of international classification of functioning, disability, and health to cardiovascular and respiratory diseased patients.
-Qualitative research in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
-Philosophy of rehabilitation applied to cardiopulmonary diseases.
-The availability, design, and cost-effective analysis of rehabilitation resources, technologies, and applications for cardiovascular and respiratory patients.