Trial reportBrazilian journal of physical therapy
Costs and benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Brazilian journal of physical therapy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05240989 (Correlation Between Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Thoracic Fluid Capacity), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Correlation Between Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Thoracic Fluid Capacity: One-year Follow-up of Observation Research
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cost-Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Services for Chronic Condition Management: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations Conducted Alongside Randomized Controlled Trials.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of graded exercise therapy on fatigue in people with serious respiratory illness: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Pooled it
- A Network Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Different Exercise Types in Patients With COPD.Respiratory care · 2024Pooled it
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Using Minimal Equipment for People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of clinical effectiveness, components, and delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation in low-resource settings.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation, hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation, and standard care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients-a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Physical exercise and chicken egg white supplementation increase muscle mass of stable COPD patients.Narra J · 2024Article
- A Network Meta-Analysis of Aerobic, Resistance, Endurance, and High-Intensity Interval Training to Prioritize Exercise for Stable COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2024Article
- Respiratory Muscle Function in Older Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases after Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Subterranean Salt Chambers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Efficacy of interventions to alter measures of fat-free mass in people with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.ERJ open research · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Performed Through Exercise Training for Patients with Stable COPD: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2022Article
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- Maximal Voluntary Ventilation Should Not Be Estimated From the Forced Expiratory Volume in the First Second in Healthy People and COPD Patients.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Locomotor Muscles in COPD: The Rationale for Rehabilitative Exercise Training.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
- Changes in lower limb muscle function and muscle mass following exercise-based interventions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A review of the English-language literature.Chronic respiratory disease · 2018Review
- A Patient-Centered Walking Program for COPD.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2016Article
- Does the incremental shuttle walk test require maximal effort in young obese women?Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2016Observational
- Time to adapt exercise training regimens in pulmonary rehabilitation--a review of the literature.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study evaluated the costs and benefits of a simple aerobic walking program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
methodThis was a blinded randomized controlled clinical trial that recruited 72 patients diagnosed with COPD, 40 of whom were included in the study and divided into two groups [control group (CG) and pulmonary rehabilitation group (GPR)]. We assessed pulmonary function, distance covered during the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), body composition, and level of activities of daily living (ADLs) before and after an 8-week walking program. The financial costs were calculated according to the pricing table of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).
resultsOnly 34 of the 40 patients remained in the final sample; 16 in the CG and 18 in the GPR (FEV1: 50.9 ± 14% predicted and FEV1: 56 ± 0.5% predicted, respectively). The intervention group exhibited improvements in the 6MWT, sensation of dyspnea and fatigue, work performed, BODE index (p<0.01), HRQOL, ADL level (p<0.001), and lower limb strength (p<0.05). The final mean cost per patient for the GPR was R$ 148.75 (~US$ 75.00) and no patient significantly exceeded this value. However, 2 patients in the CG did exceed this value, incurring a cost of R$ 689.15 (~US$ 345.00).
conclusionAerobic walking demonstrated significant clinical benefits in a cost-efficient manner in patients with COPD.
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