Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Two Underutilized Approaches with Some Unexpected Benefits

Pasquale Ambrosino¹, Giuseppina Marcuccio², Roberto Formisano³, Laura Marcuccio⁴, Rosanna Filosa^{2

5}, Mauro Maniscalco^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Directorate of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
² Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
³ Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
⁴ Neurological Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
⁵ Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.

Editorial

Pasquale Ambrosino et al. J Clin Med. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 13;12(8):2847.

doi: 10.3390/jcm12082847.

Pasquale Ambrosino¹, Giuseppina Marcuccio², Roberto Formisano³, Laura Marcuccio⁴, Rosanna Filosa^{2

5}, Mauro Maniscalco^{2

6}

¹ Directorate of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
² Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
³ Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
⁴ Neurological Rehabilitation Unit of Telese Terme Institute, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, 82037 Telese Terme, Italy.
⁵ Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy.
⁶ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy.

Abstract

Although still underutilized [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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