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Pulmonary Rehabilitation

A Multi-disciplinary program for Chronic Respiratory Impairment

What is Pulmonary Rehabilitation?

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an intervention for patients with chronic respiratory diseases who are symptomatic and often have decreased daily life activities. Our program is designed to help you meet the day-to-day challenges of living with chronic lung disease and help you return to the things you enjoy most

Who can benefit?
Patients suffering from chronic lung conditions like

Emphysema

Asthma

Chronic bronchitis

Cystic fibrosis

Interstitial lung disease

Pre- and post-lung transplant surgery

Any lung conditions that could lead to decreased quality of life

Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Reduction in dyspnea and improved lung capacity

Increase in muscle strength and endurance (peripheral and respiratory)

Increase in overall exercise tolerance

Improved health related quality of life

Increased independence in activities of daily living

Education for coping strategies

Promotes and reinforces long term commitment to exercise and lifestyle modification

Pulmonary Rehabilitation team

Pulmonologist

Physiatrist

Pulmonary Physiotherapist

Occupational Therapist

Yoga Therapist

Clinical Psychologist

Rehabilitation Nurse

Gynecological Physiotherapist

Social Worker

Geriatric Physiotherapist

Clinical Nutritionist

Speech and Swallowing Therapist

Sakra Pulmonary Rehabilitation Care Bundle

Baseline Screening

Initial Counselling

Detailed Assessment

Patient Centric Goal Setting

Customized PR Programme

Periodical Reassessment

Clinical Team review of Individualized Programme and Clinical Outcome

Modification of therapy components, as required

Discharge, Patient and Family Education for continuity of care

Home based Maintenance program - Tele Rehabilitation

Follow up screening every 3 months

Duration of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
The program includes 18 sessions which will include a holistic intervention approach involving the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team. Once the program is over, the patient would be advised to come for a follow up assessment every 3 months.

Your tolerance to activities and exercises improves with more sessions of Pulmonary Rehabilitation. As per research, the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) in walking distance is 30metres.

The graph shows the significant improvement in walking stamina for our patients who completed 18 sessions, compared to, those who completed only 9 sessions.

Further, the benefits consistently improved for those who continued therapy beyond 18 sessions.

Our Success
Sakra Pulmonary Rehabilitation measures almost 20 outcome parameters that could clearly tell you about your response to the program and clinical progress. From our clinical research data, there has been a significant improvement in our patients for the below parameters.

Overall Quality of Life

Overall life expectancy

Breathing control

Walking Stamina

Performance of daily activities

Satisfaction in resuming daily activities

Emotional well being

Social functioning

We have found significant reduction in respiratory disability, oxygen dependency, caretaker burden and frequency of hospitalizations.

Uniqueness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation @ Sakra

First of its kind structured program in India

Evidence based protocol

Multidisciplinary team of Specialists

Comprehensive Care

Quantified patient progress

Customized protocol

Home assessment and modification

Home assessment and modification

Patient centric approach to improve overall quality of life

Who could refer you for Pulmonary Rehabilitation?

Any clinical expert like Pulmonologist, Physiatrist, Cardiologist, Rheumatologist, General Practitioners, Internal Medicine Physician, Emergency9 Medicine doctor, Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapist etc. would be able to refer you for a Pulmonary Rehabilitation programme. You may also directly enroll yourself for the comprehensive PR program with us.

Sakra reAspire Club

A unique support group which focuses on encouraging and motivating our patients with pulmonary disorders to overcome the difficulties that they are facing. It’s a get together of patients in every quarterly, where they share experiences and suggestions to each other. We connect patients and caretakers with various clinical experts, respiratory assistive device providers and home modification experts. It is the best opportunity to socialize and get inspired from the people who are successfully managing their chronic lung conditions and leading a meaningful life.