Effectiveness of a community-based exercise training programme to increase physical activity level in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized controlled trial.
Ana Beatriz VarasSilvia CórdobaIrene Rodríguez-AndonaeguiMa Rocío RuedaSusana García-JuezJordi VilaróPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2018)
A community-based programme of exercise training through walking and increased physical activity, using pedometers as feedback, produces short- and long-term improvements in exercise capacity, physical activity level, and quality of life in COPD patients.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- end stage renal disease
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- systematic review
- study protocol
- prognostic factors
- high intensity
- clinical trial
- depressive symptoms
- cystic fibrosis
- air pollution