Implementation of an advanced practice role for oxygen prescription by physiotherapists in pulmonary rehabilitation: an explanatory sequential mixed-method quality evaluation.

Background: Physiotherapists play a key role in the administration of supplemental oxygen during physical activity in pulmonary rehabilitation. However, supplemental oxygen requires a medical prescription making processes cumbersome for physiotherapists. This study aimed to implement and evaluate an advanced practice role for physiotherapists (APO) allowing them to prescribe oxygen during physical activity.

Revisiting the Happy Jack Uraninite Reference Material: A Combined Electron Beam and Laser Ablation Study.

This new comprehensive mineral-chemical characterisation of the Happy Jack uraninite has discovered additional information regarding matrix effects and trace element homogeneity, relevant to proposals that it could serve as a reference material (RM). On the LA-ICP-MS instrumentation used, there was an absence of discernible matrix effects relative to the silicate glass NIST SRM 610. Lanthanides and Y are found to be very homogeneously distributed in Happy Jack uraninite, Zr, Nb and Ti mass fractions reproducible but only within individual fragments, and other elements still generally heterogeneous.

The impact of seat height on 1-min sit-to-stand test performance in COPD: a randomised crossover trial.

Study Question: Is there a difference in the number of repetitions in the 1-minute sit-to-stand (1MSTS) test using an individually adapted seat height to 90° knee flexion (1MSTS), compared with the commonly used standard chair seat height of 46 cm (1MSTS), in people with COPD?

Methods: We conducted a single-centre, single-blinded, randomised crossover trial in people with COPD between August 2020 and March 2021 at a specialised rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland. After a learning 1MSTS test, all participants performed two 1MSTS tests in random order on consecutive days. Participants were blinded, as they did not receive detailed information on the testing protocols.

Effectiveness of a Long-term Home-Based Exercise Training Program in Patients With COPD After Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Most patients with COPD do not maintain exercise training after pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

Research Question: Does a 12-month home-based, minimal-equipment strength training program after PR have an effect on dyspnea, exercise capacity, and patient-reported outcomes in patients with COPD?

Study Design And Methods: In a parallel-arm multicenter study across four Swiss PR clinics, patients with COPD were allocated randomly (1:1 ratio) into an intervention group (IG; home-based strength training program) or control group (CG; usual care). The primary outcome was change in Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) dyspnea scale score from baseline to 12 months.

12 weeks high intensity interval training versus moderate intensity continuous training in chronic low back pain subjects: a randomised single-blinded feasibility study.

Background: Currently, very little is known about the effects of an endurance high intensity interval training (HIIT) in chronic low back pain patients. Therefore, the feasibility and safety of the HIIT must be assessed first before Currently, very little is known about the effects of an endurance high intensity interval training in chronic low back pain patients. Therefore, the feasibility and safety of the HIIT has to be assessed first before it can be integrated safely into research and daily practice it can be integrated safely into research and daily practice.

Accompanied unaccompanied walking for continuous oxygen saturation measurement during 6-min walk test in COPD: a randomised crossover study.

The aim of this study was to determine if there is a difference in 6-min walk test (6MWT) distance when the assessor accompanies the patient to continuously measure peripheral oxygen saturation ( ) compared to the patient walking unaccompanied.  We conducted a randomised crossover study to evaluate the impact of the assessor walking with the patient during the 6MWT (6MWT) the patient walking alone (6MWT). At the end of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme, each patient performed two 6MWTs in random order and separated by a 30-min rest.