Abstract
Dyspnea is defined by an increased laboured breathing, due to interactions of motor, sensory and metabolic nerve impulses, with increased airway resistance, caused by hypox-emia or hypercapnia. Chronic dyspnea presents various causes, respiratory disease, car-diovascular disease, skeletal disease, anaemia, obesity or even physical deconditioning, a condition that persists for more than 4–8 weeks. As for the rehabilitation program, it in-volves the patient’s re-education, the actual physical recovery, change in risk factors and psychological counselling, all leading to the definite improvement of the physical and mental condition, with positive consequences on the quality of life. The rehabilitation pro-gramme applied to increase exercise tolerance in patients with chronic dyspnea can be performed safely; it will also result in an increase in the quality of life of patients. There is a need to develop a strategy for a long-term approach to patients with chronic dyspnea, involving a multidisciplinary team for the constant follow-up of these patients using easily reproducible, feasible and low-cost methods. Rehabilitation therapy in patients with chronic dyspnea uses a set of therapeutic measures, with the aim of restoring greater physical and mental capacity than before the programme
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