Table 1.

Benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation on people with chronic lung disease reported in systematic reviews.

Respiratory Conditions	Maximal Exercise Capacity	Functional Exercise Capacity	Quality of Life	Dyspnea	Re-Admission Due to Exacerbation
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Peak workload (MD 6.77 Watts, 95% CI 1.89 to 11.65; 16 studies) [4]	Six-minute walk distance (MD 43.93 m, 95% CI 32.64 to 55.21; 38 studies) [4]	SGRQ total (MD −6.89, 95% CI −9.26 to −4.52; 19 studies) [4]	Modified Borg Scale (MD −0.62 points, 95% CI −1.10 to −0.14; 12 studies) [10]	Re-admissions (OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.91; 8 studies) [5]
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	Peak workload (MD 9.04 Watts, 95% CI 6.07 to 12.0; 4 studies) [6]	Six-minute walk distance (MD 40.07 metres, 95% CI 32.70 to 47.44; 13 studies) [6]	SGRQ total (MD −9.29, 95%CI −11.06 to −7.52; 11 studies) [6]	mMRC: MD) −0.36, 95% CI −0.58 to −0.14; 7 studies) [6]	NR
Pulmonary hypertension	Peak workload (MD 16.4 watts, 95% CI 10.9 to 22.0; 4 studies) [9]	Six-minute walk distance (MD 60.12 m, 95% CI 30.17 to 90.07; 5 studies) [9]	SF-36 physical (MD 4.63, 95% CI 0.80 to 8.47; 2 studies) SF-36 mental (MD 4.17, 95% CI 0.01 to 8.34; 2 studies) [9]	NR	NR
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis	NR	Incremental shuttle walk distance (MD 67 m, 95% CI 52 to 82; 3 studies) [8]	SGRQ total (MD −4.65; 95% CI, −6.7 to −2.6, 2 studies) [8]	NR	NR

MD: Mean difference between pulmonary rehabilitation and usual care; SGRQ: St George respiratory questionnaire; CI: Confidence interval; OR: Odds ratio; mMRC: modified medical research council; NR: Not reported.