Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in people with bronchiectasis: a randomised controlled trial.

Aim: To investigate the short- and long-term effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (HBPR) on functional capacity, quality of life, peripheral muscle strength, dyspnoea and daily physical activity in people with bronchiectasis.

Methods: Randomised controlled trial with 63 participants with bronchiectasis. The HBPR group performed three sessions per week for 8 weeks (aerobic exercise: step training for 20 min; resistance training: exercises for quadriceps, hamstrings, deltoids and biceps brachii using elastic bands).

Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis: a study of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version.

Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bronchiectasis.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Outpatient clinic.