Tai Chi Recreational Exercise Is Not Rehabilitation

[摘要] We read with interest the study by Polkey et al¹ in a recent issue of CHEST (May 2018) of patients with COPD who were naive to medication. The study concluded that “Tai Chi is an appropriate substitute for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).” The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society² define PR as a nonpharmacologic, multidisciplinary and tailored intervention, not a single physiotherapy intervention or a leisure activity out of exercise physiological principles or appropriate settings.

[学科分类] 呼吸医学