Maintaining benefits following pulmonary rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial.

Benefits and costs of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a multi-centre randomised controlled equivalence trial

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation is widely advocated for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to improve exercise capacity, symptoms and quality of life, however only a minority of individuals with COPD are able to participate. Travel and transport are frequently cited as barriers to uptake of centre-based programs. Other models of pulmonary rehabilitation, including home...

The effects of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis is characterised by sputum production, exercise limitation and recurrent infections. Although pulmonary rehabilitation is advocated for this patient group, its effects are unclear. The aims of this study are to determine the short and long term effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise capacity, cough, quality of life and the incidence of acut...

How long should Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation be? A randomised controlled trial of four-weeks versus seven-weeks. Louise Sewell (BSc (OT)) - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Specialist Sally J Singh (PhD) - Head of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Home-based rehabilitation for COPD using minimal resources: a randomised, controlled equivalence trial

BACKGROUND Pulmonary rehabilitation is a cornerstone of care for COPD but uptake of traditional centre-based programmes is poor. We assessed whether home-based pulmonary rehabilitation, delivered using minimal resources, had equivalent outcomes to centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation. METHODS A randomised controlled equivalence trial with 12 months follow-up. Participants with stable COPD we...

بررسی تأثیر آئینه درمانی بر عملکرد دست بیماران مبتلا به آسیب های ارتوپدیک

  Background : Mirror therapy as a neural based rehabilitation technique, produces illusion of two healthy limbs for the brain. The aim of the present study was to determine effects of mirror therapy in restoring hand function in patients with active Range of Motion (ROM) impairments following orthopaedic injuries.   Methods: In a randomised controlled trial, 30 patients with active ROM impairm...