Pulmonary rehabilitation
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Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Open
Overall, evidence of high quality shows moderate to large effects of rehabilitation on health-related quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with COPD after an exacerbation. Some recent studies showed no benefit of rehabilitatio…
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The Stanford Hall consensus statement for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation Open
The highly infectious and pathogenic novel coronavirus (CoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2, has emerged causing a global pandemic. Although COVID-19 predominantly affects the respiratory system, evidence indicates a multi…
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Management of COPD exacerbations: a European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society guideline Open
This document provides clinical recommendations for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Comprehensive evidence syntheses, including meta-analyses, were performed to summarise all available evidence rele…
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Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology Open
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an evidence-based intervention that uses patient education, health behavior modification, and exercise training to improve secondary prevention outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease. CR programs re…
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Home-based rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: a randomised, controlled equivalence trial Open
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is a cornerstone of care for COPD but uptake of traditional centre-based programmes is poor. We assessed whether home-based pulmonary rehabilitation, delivered using minimal resources, had equivalent ou…
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Defining Modern Pulmonary Rehabilitation. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Open
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a highly effective treatment for people with chronic lung disease but remains underused across the world. Recent years have seen the emergence of new program models that aim to improve access and uptake, includi…
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Self-management interventions including action plans for exacerbations versus usual care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Open
Self-management interventions that include a COPD exacerbation action plan are associated with improvements in HRQoL, as measured with the SGRQ, and lower probability of respiratory-related hospital admissions. No excess all-cause mortalit…
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Physical frailty and pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a prospective cohort study Open
Frailty affects one in four patients with COPD referred for pulmonary rehabilitation and is an independent predictor of programme non-completion. However, patients who are frail respond favourably to rehabilitation and their frailty can be…
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Australian and <span>N</span>ew <span>Z</span>ealand <span>P</span>ulmonary <span>R</span>ehabilitation <span>G</span>uidelines Open
Background and objective The aim of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines (Guidelines) is to provide evidence‐based recommendations for the practice of pulmonary rehabilitation ( PR ) specific to Australian and New Zealand healthcare con…
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Quality of life of patients with lung cancer Open
Lung cancer is the major cause of oncologic-related death worldwide. Due to delayed diagnosis, 5-year survival rate accounts for only 15%. Treatment includes surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, and radiation therapy; however, it is burdened by…
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The EQ-5D-5L health status questionnaire in COPD: validity, responsiveness and minimum important difference Open
The EQ-5D-5L is a valid and responsive measure of health status in COPD and may provide useful additional cost-effectiveness data in clinical trials.
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Adults with Chronic Respiratory Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline Open
Background: Despite the known benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for patients with chronic respiratory disease, this treatment is underused. Evidence-based guidelines should lead to greater knowledge of the proven benefits of PR, hi…
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The Minimal Important Difference in Physical Activity in Patients with COPD Open
The MID after pulmonary rehabilitation lies between 600 and 1100 steps.day-1. The clinical importance of this change is supported by a reduced risk for hospital admission in those patients with more than 600 steps improvement.
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The therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: what is next? Open
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial lung disease, characterised by progressive scarring of the lung and associated with a high burden of disease and early death. The pathophysiological unde…
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Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Long COVID Improves Exercise Capacity, Functional Status, Dyspnea, Fatigue, and Quality of Life Open
Background: COVID-19 survivors face the risk of long-term sequelae including fatigue, breathlessness, and functional limitations. Pulmonary rehabilitation has been recommended, although formal studies quantifying the effect of rehabilitati…
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The evidence of benefits of exercise training in interstitial lung disease: a randomised controlled trial Open
Results, ACTRN12611000416998.
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Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries Open
Among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for COPD, initiation of pulmonary rehabilitation within 3 months of discharge was significantly associated with lower risk of mortality at 1 year. These findings support current gui…
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Effects of inspiratory muscle training in COPD patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis Open
Objectives In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), quality of life and exercise capacity are altered in relationship to dyspnea. Benefits of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on quality of life, dyspnea, and exercise capacity were…
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COVID-19 Open
This analysis extrapolates information from previous studies and experiences to bring physical medicine and rehabilitation perspective and intervention to the multidisciplinary treatment of COVID-19. The purpose of pulmonary rehabilitation…
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Home‐based telerehabilitation via real‐time videoconferencing improves endurance exercise capacity in patients with COPD: The randomized controlled TeleR Study Open
Background and objective Telerehabilitation has the potential to increase access to pulmonary rehabilitation ( PR ) for patients with COPD who have difficulty accessing centre‐based PR due to poor mobility, lack of transport and cost of tr…
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Supervised pulmonary tele-rehabilitation versus pulmonary rehabilitation in severe COPD: a randomised multicentre trial Open
Rationale Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out rates are reported. Investigation is warranted of the ben…
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Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema Open
clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01608490.
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Benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in COVID-19: a prospective observational cohort study Open
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can result in a large variety of chronic health issues such as impaired lung function, reduced exercise performance and diminished quality of life. Our study aimed to investigate the efficacy,…
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Impact and prevention of severe exacerbations of COPD: a review of the evidence Open
Severe exacerbations of COPD, ie, those leading to hospitalization, have profound clinical implications for patients and significant economic consequences for society. The prevalence and burden of severe COPD exacerbations remain high, des…
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Home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation reduces the risk for acute exacerbations of COPD, hospitalisations and emergency department visits Open
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) remains grossly underutilised by suitable patients worldwide. We investigated whether home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation will be as effective as hospital-based maintenance rehabilitation and superior t…
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Online versus face-to-face pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: randomised controlled trial Open
Objective To obtain evidence whether the online pulmonary rehabilitation(PR) programme ‘my-PR’ is non-inferior to a conventional face-to-face PR in improving physical performance and symptom scores in patients with COPD. Design A two-arm p…
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Early rehabilitation in post-acute COVID-19 patients: data from an Italian COVID-19 Rehabilitation Unit and proposal of a treatment protocol Open
This study could provide an accurate description of COVID-19 sub-acute patients admitted to a Rehabilitation Unit along with a proposal of treatment to help physicians to tailor the best possible rehabilitative treatment.
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Lung Volume Reduction Coil Treatment vs Usual Care in Patients With Severe Emphysema Open
clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01822795.
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A multicentre validation of the 1-min sit-to-stand test in patients with COPD Open
Our aim was to comprehensively validate the 1-min sit-to-stand (STS) test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and explore the physiological response to the test. We used data from two longitudinal studies of COPD patie…
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Nasal high flow oxygen therapy in patients with COPD reduces respiratory rate and tissue carbon dioxide while increasing tidal and end-expiratory lung volumes: a randomised crossover trial Open
ACTRN12613000028707.