ERS Respiratory Channel

CDN Connection Issue

It appears that your current network does not allow connection to the CDN (Content Delivery Network) required for this service to function properly.

To resolve this issue, please try the following actions :

• Contact your network administrator : Inform them of this restriction so they can adjust the network settings accordingly.

• Use another network : Try connecting from a different network, such as another Wi-Fi network or a mobile connection.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Abstract

Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programmes are being studied to keep the benefits of an intensive pulmonary rehabilitation programme. Home-based, supervised programmes have been suggested to have better outcomes concerning the patient?s functional capacity.

Methods: After eight weeks of an initial pulmonary rehabilitation programme with two supervised sessions per week, an 79-year-old male was randomly assigned to a maintenance programme (Rehab2Life study). The patient had one weekly supervised session for eight weeks and then one supervised session every two weeks for 12 weeks, alternating with motivational phone calls.

Results: In this case, we also observed an increase in the distance on the 6mWT (120m) and repetitions on the sit-to-stand test (7 rep.). We can also observe an increase in the daily steps.

Conclusion: These results suggest that this programme may positively affect maintaining PR programme outcomes after 20 weeks. The patient?s results are clinically relevant.

Abstract

#{title}