Home-based or remote exercise testing in chronic respiratory disease, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a rapid review

AE Holland, C Malaguti, M Hoffman… - Chronic respiratory …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To identify exercise tests that are suitable for home-based or remote
administration in people with chronic lung disease. Methods: Rapid review of studies that …

Interventions for promoting physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

AT Burge, NS Cox, MJ Abramson… - Cochrane Database of …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Escalating awareness of the magnitude of the challenge posed by low levels of
physical activity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) highlights the …

Supervised pulmonary tele-rehabilitation versus pulmonary rehabilitation in severe COPD: a randomised multicentre trial

H Hansen, T Bieler, N Beyer, T Kallemose, JT Wilcke… - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
Rationale Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people
with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out …

Restoring pulmonary and sleep services as the COVID-19 pandemic lessens. From an association of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep division directors and …

KC Wilson, DA Kaminsky, G Michaud… - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Background: In March 2020, many elective medical services were canceled in response to
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The daily case rate is now declining in …

[HTML][HTML] Physiotherapists during COVID-19: usual business, in unusual times

KJ Haines, S Berney - Journal of physiotherapy, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
These are unusual times. The spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2
infection) is changing many aspects of our lives. As healthcare professionals, it is impacting …

Comparative effectiveness of breathing exercises in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

N Marotta, A Demeco, L Moggio, C Marinaro… - … Therapies in Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose This study aims to determine the best choice of breathing
exercises (BE) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) via a network …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a digital platform for the self-management of noncommunicable disease: systematic review of platform-like interventions

SA Tighe, K Ball, F Kensing, L Kayser… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Digital interventions are effective for health behavior change, as they enable
the self-management of chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). However, they often …

Delivering pulmonary rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Canadian Thoracic Society position statement

G Dechman, R Aceron, M Beauchamp… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This position statement aims to provide guidance for resumption of pulmonary rehabilitation
(PR) services during the postpeak phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (ie, period of low …

Pulmonary rehabilitation at a time of social distancing: prime time for tele-rehabilitation?

L Houchen-Wolloff, MC Steiner - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
The global COVID-19 pandemic and the concomitant social distancing measures taken in
many countries to suppress transmission of the virus has had an immediate and profound …

Home‐based pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: An economic analysis

AT Burge, AE Holland, CF McDonald… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and objective This study aimed to compare the cost‐effectiveness and cost‐
utility of home and centre‐based pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with stable chronic …