Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is major cause of morbidity and mortality in globally and disease process is characterized by dyspnoea and limited exercise tolerance. Pulmonary rehabilitation improves the health-related quality of life and exercise tolerance capacity. This study was evaluated the efficacy of retraining diaphragm muscle in the COPD patients before and after performing PNF techniques and DB exercises.

Keywords : COPD, dyspnoea, Physiotherapy, PNF, DB.