Home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation reduces the risk for acute exacerbations of COPD, hospitalisations and emergency department visits
M Vasilopoulou, AI Papaioannou… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) remains grossly underutilised by suitable patients worldwide.
We investigated whether home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation will be as effective as
hospital-based maintenance rehabilitation and superior to usual care in reducing the risk for
acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, hospitalisations and
emergency department (ED) visits. Following completion of an initial 2-month PR
programme this prospective, randomised controlled trial (between December 2013 and July …
We investigated whether home-based maintenance tele-rehabilitation will be as effective as
hospital-based maintenance rehabilitation and superior to usual care in reducing the risk for
acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, hospitalisations and
emergency department (ED) visits. Following completion of an initial 2-month PR
programme this prospective, randomised controlled trial (between December 2013 and July …