Systematic review of interventions to improve patient uptake and completion of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD [PDF]
Pulmonary rehabilitation is considered a key management strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but its effectiveness is undermined by poor patient uptake and completion.
Bridle, Christopher +5 more
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Barriers to enrollment in pulmonary rehabilitation: medical knowledge analysis
Objective To assess clinicians’ knowledge about pulmonary rehabilitation, and identify the barriers faced when referring patients with health insurance to pulmonary rehabilitation.
Fernanda Gushken +6 more
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Six-Minute Walk Test cut-off value identifying COPD patients with physical disability: a pilot study
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Cristoforo Incorvaia +6 more
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Background Musculoskeletal pain is more common in individuals with chronic respiratory diseases than the aged-matched general population. This investigation aimed to understand the prevalence and impact of hip and knee pain on pulmonary rehabilitation ...
Samuel Briggs-Price +5 more
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Among malignant tumors, lung cancer has the highest morbidity and mortality worldwide. Surgery is the first-line treatment for early-stage lung cancers, and has gradually advanced from conventional open-chest surgery to video-assisted thoracic surgery ...
Yang Fuzhi +7 more
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Exploring a physiotherapy well-being review to deliver community-based rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Background: Highly structured, supervised exercise training has been shown to be beneficial in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Despite evidence of the effectiveness of community-based rehabilitation in other cardiopulmonary diseases there are ...
Armstrong, Iain +5 more
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Tele-Exercise in Non-Hospitalized versus Hospitalized Post-COVID-19 Patients
The purpose of our study was to investigate the effect of tele-exercise (TE) performed for 4 consecutive weeks on fitness indicators in hospitalized post-COVID-19 patients versus non-hospitalized patients.
Vasileios T. Stavrou +5 more
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Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation towards physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – protocol of a mixed methods study [PDF]
Background: Physical activity promotion in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is focus of research and public health. Patient-centred interventions like counselling are promising approaches to help patients reducing sedentary ...
Beyer, Swantje +9 more
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Different outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD with or without exacerbations
Background. Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognised as an effective treatment in reducing disability and improving the quality of life in patients with COPD.
G.G. Riario-Sforza +4 more
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Making pulmonary rehabilitation a success in COPD
A truly successful pulmonary rehabilitation entails implementing physical activity maintenance. This article reviews the current knowledge on pulmonary rehabilitation and the expected benefits, the setting, the relationship between self-management and ...
J Bourbeau
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