What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Editorial. Population: Cardiopulmonary diseases. Intervention: Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.

What does this research mean for the field?

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is evolving from a predominantly exercise-based discipline into a complex, integrative science that incorporates neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems research to provide person-centered care. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

Synthesize contemporary conceptual and clinical advances in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation across neural regulation, functional trajectories, and implementation science.

June 1, 2026Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesOpen Access

Editorial: Fundamentals and Advances in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

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Key result

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is evolving from a predominantly exercise-based discipline into a complex, integrative science incorporating neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems.

Design

Editorial

Authors

IRIván Rodríguez-NúñezUniversity of Concepción

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Implication

This editorial highlights the evolution of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation into an integrative science incorporating neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems research.

Key Points

Synthesize contemporary conceptual and clinical advances in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation across neural regulation, functional trajectories, and implementation science.
Narrative synthesis structuring contributions into three domains: central and autonomic regulation, functional outcomes and recovery trajectories, and implementation challenges.
Evaluated multifaceted therapeutic strategies including transcranial magnetic stimulation, Baduanjin exercise, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and functional electrical stimulation.
Highlighted central neural interventions, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, that modulate corticospinal excitability and limbic processing to attenuate dyspnea through altered respiratory drive.
Demonstrated that functional recovery trajectories across cardiopulmonary conditions interact with behavioural adherence barriers, including a nonlinear threshold effect of kinesiophobia.

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Population

Cardiopulmonary diseases

Intervention / Comparator

Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation

This editorial highlights the evolution of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation into an integrative science incorporating neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems research.

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Iván Rodríguez-Núñez (2026) conducted an editorial in Cardiopulmonary diseases. Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation was evaluated. Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is evolving from a predominantly exercise-based discipline into a complex, integrative science incorporating neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d216202fbce91306375d7 https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2026.1875363

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This editorial highlights the evolution of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation into an integrative science incorporating neurophysiology, behavioral medicine, and health systems research.

Editorial: Fundamentals and Advances in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

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Editorial: Fundamentals and Advances in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

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