Abstract
<h3>Exercise Helps Some Patients With Lung Disease</h3> There is "nothing to lose" and probably something to gain by putting patients with chronic obstructive lung disease on a program of graded exercise training, according to Harry Bass, MD, Director of the Pulmonary Division of Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. "Shortness of breath limits the activity of these patients, and the resultant lack of activity leads to the unfit state and increased dyspnea; a vicious cycle emerges," Dr. Bass said at the American College of Chest Physicians meeting in Chicago. He reported on nine years' work in this controversial area. His "objective measurements" on 11 patients with chronic obstructive lung disease who completed an 18-week program of graded bicycle exercise showed the training was an effective form of therapy, he said, although not necessarily the end-all in therapy. The 11 patients entered the exercise program after thorough medical screening and attainment
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