Effectiveness of Non-Presential Individualized Exercise Training PrOgram(NIETO) in Lower Limb Physical Performance in Advanced COPD.

ABSTRACT: Muscle training, a component of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), improves the physical performance of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite the existing evidence, the traditional center-based PR model is applied to a small percentage of patients and presents numerous problems of accessibility, adherence, and costs. This study presents a home model of simple muscle training, non-presential, monitored by telephone and individualized, according to the severity of the COPD. In addition, to evaluate the results, simple tests associated with the physical performance of the lower limbs, previously validated in COPD, have been used, such as the four-meter walk, speed test (4MGS) and the five-repetition test sitting and standing (5STS). The objective was to evaluate whet

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Nieto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7958336 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature