*4.3. E*ff*ectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in TB*

The available information on the effectiveness of rehabilitation is summarised in Table 3.




HR: heart rate; HRQL: Modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale; MRC: Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale; MVV: maximum voluntary ventilation; PaCO2: partial pressure of arterial carbon

dioxide; PaO2: partial pressure of arterial oxygen; pH: potential of hydrogen; PHQ-9: patient health

QoL: quality of life; RV: residual volume; SaO2: oxygen saturation in arterial blood; SF36: 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; SGRQ: St. George Respiratory

peripheral capillary oxygen saturation; SW: spontaneous

VO2: oxygen consumption.

 walking; TB: tuberculosis;

 TDI: transition dyspnoea index; VC: vital capacity; VEmax: maximum minute expired ventilation;

health-related

 quality of life; 6MWD: 6-min walk distance; 6MWT: 6-min walk test; ISWT: incremental shuttle walking test; LFT: lung function tests; MMRC:

questionnaire-9;

 Pimax: maximal inspiratory pressure; PR: pulmonary rehabilitation;

Questionnaire;

 SpO2:

In the vast majority of the studies, the spirometry parameters, oxygen saturation, and exercise capacity tests (6MWT or ISWT, range 35–110 m) improved significantly. When QoL tests were performed, they also improved significantly [45,51–58]. Unfortunately the different studies reported different parameters, making a meta-analytic evaluation difficult.
