Long-term Telerehabilitation or Unsupervised Training at Home for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Despite the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), many patients do not access or complete pulmonary rehabilitation, and long-term maintenance of exercise is difficult. Objectives: To compare long-term telerehabilitation or unsupervised treadmill training at home with standard care. Methods: In an international randomized controlled trial, patients with COPD were assigned to three groups (telerehabilitation, unsupervised training, or control) and followed up for 2 years. Telerehabilitation consisted of individualized treadmill training at home supervised by a physiotherapist and self-management. The unsupervised training group performed unsupervised treadmill exercise at home. The control group received standard care. The primary ou

SUBMITTER: Zanaboni P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10111997 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature