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Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (785) Respiratory Medicine (164) mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring, Chronic Disease Management (1787) mHealth for Rehabilitation (366) Pulmonology, COPD (202) Digital Health Reviews (1783) Sleep Apnea (38) Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity (250)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64742, first published .
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Complemented Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Lung Function, Exercise Capacity, Dyspnea, and Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Complemented Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Lung Function, Exercise Capacity, Dyspnea, and Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality–Complemented Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Lung Function, Exercise Capacity, Dyspnea, and Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Authors of this article:

Yuyin Chen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yuanyuan Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiuhong Long2 Author Orcid Image ;   Huiqiong Tu2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jibing Chen3 Author Orcid Image
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Conference Proceedings

  1. Bai Y, Gabriel A, Finkelstein J. 2025 IEEE 16th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON). Human–AI Collaboration Pipeline for Thematic Analysis: Example of VR-Supported Pulmonary Rehabilitation View