Long-term integrated telerehabilitation of COPD Patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (iTrain).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for the management of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, available resources are often limited, and many patients bear with poor availability of programmes. Sustaining PR benefits and regular exercise over the long term is difficult without any exercise maintenance strategy. In contrast to traditional centre-based PR programmes, telerehabilitation may promote more effective integration of exercise routines into daily life over the longer term and broaden its applicability and availability. A few studies showed promising results for telerehabilitation, but mostly with short-term interventions. The aim of this study is to compare long-term telerehabilitation with unsupervised exercis

SUBMITTER: Zanaboni P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4994273 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature