A meta-analysis on the structure of pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programmes on COPD patients’ functional capacity

Abstract Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves functional capacity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COPD patients, and maintenance programmes are relevant in preserving those improvements. However, little is known about the structure of maintenance programmes after PR. We performed a syst...

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Main Authors: Liliana Silva, Tiago Maricoto, Patrício Costa, Joana Berger-Estilita, José Miguel Padilha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-022-00302-x