Summary
Overall, COPD is a slowly worsening disease that can only be treated symptomatically and cannot be stopped. By adapting the patients to the therapy guidelines, a positive influence on the disease is possible.Especially the physiotherapy gives back a piece of quality of life to the patients, because it offers the possibility to regain control over the own body in case of attacks of illness or acute shortness of breath by the techniques learned in the sessions. The training of the respiratory assistance muscles also supports the maintenance of lung function.