Review Article

The Influence of Comorbidities on Outcomes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs in Patients with COPD: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Search strategy for the three different electronic databases.

Pubmed(((((COPD) OR Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) OR Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [MeSH Terms])) AND (((Comorbidities) OR (Co-morbidities) OR Extrapulmonary comorbidities)) AND ((Rehabilitation) OR Rehabilitation [MeSH Terms]))

PEDro((COPD) AND (Fitness training) AND (Cardiothoracics))

EMBASE((“COPD” exp OR COPD) AND ((“Comorbidities”) OR (“Co-morbidities”) OR “extrapulmonary Comorbidities”) AND (“Rehabilitation” exp OR Rehabilitation))