Session 4: Participating in sport with a chronic lung disease: what do we know and what do we need to know?

4 July, 2024

18:00-19:00 CEST

Chair: Prof. Ioannis Vogiatzis (Blyth, United Kingdom)

Speakers: Dr Hayley Lewthwaite (Merewether, Australia), Dr Gulammehdi Haji (London, United Kingdom), Mr Russell Winwood (Birkdale, Queensland, Australia)

Learning objectives:

• To understand the risks and benefits of people with chronic lung disease performing sporting activity.
• To develop confidence to advise individuals with chronic lung disease who present, wishing to discuss their ambitions to partake in sport.
• To consider the unmet needs in this area and next steps to progress care in this area.