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Group A included 33 patients (mean age 68.6 \u00c2\u00b1 7.3; GOLD II \u00e2\u20ac\u201c III stages). Group B included 32 patients (mean age 71.7 \u00c2\u00b1 6.9; GOLD I \u00e2\u20ac\u201cII). They were referred to supervised PT program performed three times weekly for a half a year. All the patients were on standard medical care. At entry and after PT, six minutes walking test (6 MWT), Borg scale and modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale were assessed.RESULTS: Significant changes in 6 MWT (\u00d1\u20ac &lt; 0.001) and mMRC scale (\u00d1\u20ac &lt; 0.001) were found after applied physical therapy program in patients of group A. Exertional dyspnoea decreased significantly in patients with group A (\u00d1\u20ac &lt; 0.001). Positive changes were found in physical tolerance in the patients of group B (\u00d1\u20ac &lt; 0.001).CONCLUSIONS: The present study revealed the positive effect of six months physiotherapy in physical tolerance and dyspnoea in patients with COPD at different stages of the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3889\/oamjms.2017.176","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,23]],"date-time":"2017-09-23T05:37:25Z","timestamp":1506145045000},"page":"720-723","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["\u00d0\u00a0hysiotherapy in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"],"prefix":"10.3889","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Antoaneta","family":"Dimitrova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nikolay","family":"Izov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ivan","family":"Maznev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Danche","family":"Vasileva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Milena","family":"Nikolova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"52292","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"34980","unstructured":"Global Initiave for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (GOLD), Global strategy for the diagnosis, management and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2014"},{"key":"34981","unstructured":"Dimitrova A, Lyubenova D, Grigorova-Petrova Kr. 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