In patients with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the exercise induced increase in exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) parallels that observed in normal untrained subjects. There is no information on the effects of the level of exercise tolerance on eNO in these patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme including exercise training on eNO in patients with COPD.
Lung Function Unit and Respiratory Disease Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Gussago, I-25064 Gussago (BS), Italy. eclini@fsm.it
