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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2014

Pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD: are programs with minimal exercise equipment effective?

Jennifer A Alison, Zoe J McKeough

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03131752 (Early Pulmonary Rehabilitation With Elastic Resistance in Exacerbated COPD Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03131752 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Early Pulmonary Rehabilitation With Elastic Resistance in Exacerbated COPD Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversidade Federal de Sao CarlosRan2017 to 2019Enrolled38ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseArmsElastic Resistance Intervention in Exacerbated Patients
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. A Patient-Centered Walking Program for COPD.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2016
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  18. Manual evaluation of the diaphragm muscle.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2016
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  19. Long-term evaluation of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer A Alison1 Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia ; 2 Physiotherapy Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW 2050, Australia.
Zoe J McKeough1 Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia ; 2 Physiotherapy Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW 2050, Australia.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an essential component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management with strong evidence supporting the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation to improve exercise capacity and quality of life, as well as reduce hospital admissions. However, it is estimated that only 2-5% of people with COPD who could benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation have access to programs. Most research on the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation has used equipment such as cycle ergometers and treadmills for endurance training and weight machines for resistance training. To enable greater availability of pulmonary rehabilitation, the efficacy of exercise training using minimal equipment needs to be evaluated. Randomised controlled trials that used minimal, low cost equipment for endurance (eight trials) and strength training (three trials) compared to no training in people with COPD were evaluated. Statistically and clinically significant differences in functional exercise capacity and quality of life, as well as improvements in strength were demonstrated when exercise training with minimal equipment was compared to no training [six-minute walk test: mean difference 40 (95% CI: 13 to 67) metres; St George's Respiratory Questionnaire: mean difference -7 (95% CI: -12 to -3) points]. While the number of studies is relatively small and of variable quality, there is growing evidence that exercise training using minimal, low cost equipment may be an alternative to equipment-intensive pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)elastic resistance bandsexercise trainingpulmonary rehabilitationwalking training

Identifiers

PMID25478201
PMCPMC4255160
OpenAlexW2134561220

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