pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD

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Indications

telerehabilitation & unsupervised treadmill training are better than no rehabilitation for patients with COPD^[2]

↑ Nolan CM et al. Pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and COPD: A propensity-matched real-world study. Chest 2022 Mar; 161:728 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34699771 PMCID: PMC8941605 Free PMC article https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)04208-2/fulltext
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Zanaboni P et al. Long-term telerehabilitation or unsupervised training at home for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023 Apr 1; 207:865. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36480957 PMCID: PMC10111997 Free PMC article https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202204-0643OC