Effects of extra training with active cycle of breathing technique relative to whole-body breathing exercise in older adults with stable COPD

Huiping Lai; Lanzhen Chen; Roger W. Chan; Qiongrong Pan; Qing Chen; Ying Chen; Zhenyu Xie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349597

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Effects of extra training with active cycle of breathing technique relative to whole-body breathing exercise in older adults with stable COPD

Huiping Lai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huiping Lai, Lanzhen Chen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliations School of Nursing, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Geriatric Care Research Center, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Lanzhen Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huiping Lai, Lanzhen Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Roger W. Chan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rogerwchan@126.com

Affiliations School of Nursing, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Geriatric Care Research Center, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-9702

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Qiongrong Pan,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Qing Chen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Basic Medicine, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Ying Chen,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Nursing, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Geriatric Care Research Center, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Zhenyu Xie

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, China
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Effects of extra training with active cycle of breathing technique relative to whole-body breathing exercise in older adults with stable COPD

Huiping Lai,
Lanzhen Chen,
Roger W. Chan,
Qiongrong Pan,
Qing Chen,
Ying Chen,
Zhenyu Xie

Published: June 8, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349597

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