Effects of a long-term home-based exercise training programme using minimal equipment vs. usual care in COPD patients: a study protocol for two multicentre randomised controlled trials (HOMEX-1 and HOMEX-2 trials)

Effects of a long-term home-based exercise training programme using minimal equipment vs. usual care in COPD patients: a study protocol for two multicentre randomised controlled trials (HOMEX-1 and HOMEX-2 trials)

Abstract Background Exercise training is an important component of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programmes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the great majority of COPD patients who would benefit from PR never follow such programmes or fail to maintain exercise training after PR c...

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Main Authors: Anja Frei, Thomas Radtke, Kaba Dalla Lana, Julia Braun, Ramona M. Müller, Milo A. Puhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
COPD
Exercise training intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Home-based
Quality of life
Functional exercise capacity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0817-7

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