• 1. The West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Sichuan Medical Association, Chengdu 610200, P. R. China;
  • 3. Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 4. The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Beijing 100020, P. R. China;
  • 5. Sichuan Province Orthopedic Hospital, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
  • 6. West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;
LI Jiayuan, Email: lijiayuan@scu.edu.cn
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the major chronic diseases that seriously endanger the health of residents in our country. Exercise is one of the effective interventions to improve the cardiopulmonary function and quality of life of COPD patients. An exercise prescription specifies the frequency, intensity, duration, mode, total exercise volume, and progression of exercise, forming a clear - purpose and systematic exercise guidance plan. Clinical pathways standardize and proceduralize the patient's diagnosis and treatment process. Developing an exercise prescription for the entire process of issuing and implementing exercise prescriptions for COPD patients helps to promote the application of exercise prescriptions and assist in the implementation of related work in primary - level medical institutions. Therefore, we invited a number of COPD experts and sports medicine experts to develop this clinical pathway in combination with domestic and international guidelines, consensuses, and personal experience. Its aims are to simplify the exercise prescription development process, reduce the required level of expertise, enhance the capacity of primary healthcare institutions, and facilitate the application of exercise prescriptions within these settings.

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