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Long-term effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme in outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled study.
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- Engström, Carl-Peter, 1945 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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- Persson, Lars-Olof, 1951 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för omvårdnad,Institute of Nursing
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- Larsson, Sven, 1943 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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- Sullivan, Marianne, 1943 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för kroppssammansättning och metabolism,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Body Composition and Metabolism
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- 1999
- 1999
- English.
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In: Scandinavian journal of rehabilitation medicine. - 0036-5505. ; 31:4, s. 207-13
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Abstract
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- Fifty patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (FEV1 < 50% pred.) were randomized to a rehabilitation group and a control group. The rehabilitation group took part in an individualized multidisciplinary, outpatient 12-month rehabilitation programme. Exercise training was intensive during the first 6 weeks and was then gradually replaced by an individual home-training programme and booster sessions. Controls received the usual outpatient care. Positive effects were found in terms of maximum symptom-limited exercise tolerance and walking distance (13.5 and 12.1% increase, respectively) in the rehabilitation group compared with the controls. Quality of life measurements showed minor beneficial effects on the Sickness Impact Profile, indicating a higher level of activity. No effect was seen on the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire or the Mood Adjective Check List. Patients expressed their enthusiasm for the rehabilitation programme in a study-specific questionnaire.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Aged
- Exercise Tolerance
- physiology
- Female
- Humans
- Lung Diseases
- Obstructive
- physiopathology
- rehabilitation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Outpatients
- statistics & numerical data
- Patient Selection
- Physical Therapy Modalities
- methods
- statistics & numerical data
- Questionnaires
- Respiratory Function Tests
- statistics & numerical data
- Time Factors
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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