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Treating the lungs via the brain: Mechanisms underpinning improvements in breathlessness with pulmonary rehabilitation

2017-03-23

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often discordant with airway pathophysiology (“over-perception”). Pulmonary rehabilitation has profound effects upon breathlessness, without influencing lung function. Learned associations can influence brain mechanisms of sensory perception. We therefore hypothesised that improvements in breathlessness with p...

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303150bd-f100-5a6a-a3d0-9ac00744cfd5
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10.1101/117390
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