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Rethinking dyspnea in pulmonary rehabilitation: from respiratory load and interoceptive processing to biofeedback and neurofeedback.

Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026 · Other

Gianvito Lagravinese, Giorgio Castellana, Federico Pasqualotto, Mauro Carone, Paolo Taurisano

PMID 42422542

A conceptual framework paper.

No data, no results, no actionable finding.

What this paper is

This is a conceptual Perspective proposing a mechanistic framework for understanding dyspnea in pulmonary rehabilitation. It argues that breathlessness involves more than lung mechanics and positions biofeedback and neurofeedback as future research directions. It presents no new data, no methods, and no results. The one pilot trial it references is described as preliminary and non-mechanistic. There is no finding here to change practice on.

Declared interests

The authors declared that no financial support was received for this work or its publication.

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    Gianvito Lagravinese, Giorgio Castellana, Federico Pasqualotto, et al. Rethinking dyspnea in pulmonary rehabilitation: from respiratory load and interoceptive processing to biofeedback and neurofeedback. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences. 2026.

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