12-months follow-up of pulmonary tele-rehabilitation versus standard pulmonary rehabilitation: A multicentre randomised clinical trial in patients with severe COPD.

Between March 2016 and October 2017, we randomised 134 patients with severe COPD from 8 hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark to participate in either standardised, outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (control group) or on-line, supervised and home-based tele-rehabilitation (intervention group). We found no difference between the groups in the primary outcome: six minutes walking distance (6MWD) after completion of the programme. The current study presents results from the 12-month follow-up with assessment of the 6MWD and analyses of hospitalisation and mortality.

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

Rationale: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective, key standard treatment for people with COPD. Nevertheless, low participant uptake, insufficient attendance and high drop-out rates are reported. Investigation is warranted of the benefits achieved through alternative approaches, such as pulmonary tele-rehabilitation (PTR).

Inspiratory muscle strength and walking capacity in patients with COPD.

: It has been suggested that patients with inspiratory muscle weakness could benefit from specific inspiratory muscle training (IMT). We aimed to examine the frequency of patients with inspiratory muscle weakness in a Danish hospital-based outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program, and to evaluate the association between inspiratory muscle strength and peripheral muscle strength and walking capacity. : Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (MIP) was assessed in 97 patients with COPD (39 men, 58 women, mean age years 70 ± 9, forced expiratory volume in 1 s ((FEV) = 35 ± 10% pred.

Characterization of serological neo-epitope biomarkers reflecting collagen remodeling in clinically stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation that leads to excessive remodeling of the lung extracellular matrix (ECM), resulting in release of protein fragments (neo-epitopes) to the blood. Serological markers assessing this have previously been associated with exacerbations of COPD. However, characterization of these in individuals with clinically stable COPD is lacking.

Prognostic value of C-reactive protein, leukocytes, and vitamin d in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Inflammatory biomarkers predict mortality and hospitalisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Yet, it remains uncertain if biomarkers in addition to reflecting disease severity add new prognostic information on severe COPD. We investigated if leukocytes, C-reactive protein (CRP), and vitamin D were independent predictors of mortality and hospitalisation after adjusting for disease severity with an integrative index, the i-BODE index.

Validation of the i-BODE index as a predictor of hospitalization and mortality in patients with COPD participating in pulmonary rehabilitation.

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the value of the i-BODE index to predict hospital admission and to confirm its usefulness to predict mortality in a Danish population. The incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) is widely used in the UK and Europe and previous work has examined the replacement of the 6MWT with the ISWT within the BODE index for predicting the prognosis of COPD (i-BODE). The 674 patients included in the analysis participated in a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation program from 2002 to 2011.

The long-term effect of ambulatory oxygen in normoxaemic COPD patients: a randomised study.

Aim: To study the long-term benefits of ambulatory oxygen (AO) in combination with pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experiencing exertional desaturation.

Patients And Methods: Normoxaemic COPD who participated in outpatient PR and desaturated >4% and <90% during endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) were randomised to control (n=23) or AO 2 L/min from a portable oxygen concentrator (n=22) to be used during exercise. PR consisted of supervised training for 20 weeks combined with unsupervised daily training at home followed by 13 weeks without supervised training.

A comparison of the assessment of quality of life with CAT, CCQ, and SGRQ in COPD patients participating in pulmonary rehabilitation.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the COPD specific health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) instruments, the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and COPD Clinical Questionnaire (CCQ), in terms of feasibility and correlations in COPD patients participating in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Methods/materials: Ninety consecutive patients with mainly severe COPD who participated in a 7-week PR programme were assessed with CAT, CCQ, SGRQ. In addition to evaluating the scores obtained by the questionnaires we also assessed the need of help and the time needed to complete the questionnaires.

Vitamin d status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation.

Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; however, no study has evaluated the influence of vitamin D status on effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Methods: We studied 311 patients, who participated in a 7-week outpatient PR. Vitamin D status was assessed at entry and examined for association with patient characteristics, dropout from PR, and effect on endurance shuttle walk time.

Shuttle walking test as predictor of survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients enrolled in a rehabilitation program.

Background: The Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT) is used to assess exercise capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is employed as an outcome measure for pulmonary rehabilitation. We studied the value of this test in predicting survival in COPD patients enrolled in a rehabilitation program.

Methods: A total of 416 patients performed an ISWT before entering a 7-week outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Long-term effects of 1-year maintenance training on physical functioning and health status in patients with COPD: A randomized controlled study.

Purpose: To examine whether maintenance training (MT) for 1 year improved the long-term effects of a 7-week chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rehabilitation program.

Methods: After a 7-week outpatient rehabilitation program, 96 patients with COPD were randomized to either an MT group (n = 55) or a control group (n = 41). Both groups were requested to continue unsupervised training at home.

EuroQoL in assessment of the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation COPD patients.

Background: The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on EuroQol in COPD patients has not been investigated previously.

Methods/materials: Two hundred and twenty nine consecutive COPD patients who had completed a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme were assessed with EuroQol five-dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D), endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT), and the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) before and after the programme, and at the 3-month follow-up visit.

Results: Two hundred and two (88.

[Rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Effect of a 7-week programme after 12 months].

Introduction: Pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD improves exercise tolerance and health status, but these effects have been shown to decline after stopping the training programme. This study has examined the long-term effect on exercise tolerance and health status of a 7-week rehabilitation programme combined with extensive training at home.

Materials And Methods: 209 consecutive COPD patients who had completed a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme were assessed with the endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) and the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) at baseline and at 7, 20, 33 and 59 weeks.