Further evidence is needed on the role of telerehabilitation in various chronic pulmonary
diseases, as well as the effectiveness of different modalities in delivering telerehabilitation …

Higher levels of exercise capacity and physical activity are desired outcomes in the
comprehensive management of the COPD patient. In addition, improvements in exercise …

Background: Despite the known benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for patients with
chronic respiratory disease, this treatment is underused. Evidence-based guidelines should …

Objective: To analyse the overall effectiveness and cost-efficiency of a mobile application
(APP) as a community health asset (HA) with recommendations and recovery exercises …

Rationale: Despite the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), many patients do not access or complete pulmonary rehabilitation, and …

Background Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lead to
a significant reduction in quality of life and an increased mortality risk. Current guidelines …

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS International respiratory organizations now recommend using
lower limit of normal and standardized residuals to diagnose airflow obstruction and COPD …

The use of technologies that provide objective, digital data to clinicians, carers, and service
users to improve care and outcomes comes under the unifying term Digital Health. This field …

The evidence-based British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for pulmonary rehabilitation
(PR) in adults was published in 2013. 1 There is a strong evidence base for the benefits of …

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a cost-effective intervention with well-known benefits to
exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory diseases …