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A Simple Method for Home Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Luca Pomidori, Marco Contoli, Gaia Mandolesi, Annalisa Cogo

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention · 2012 · 24 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

The use of a metronome to maintain the rate of walking during home ExT seems to be beneficial, allowing patients to achieve and sustain the optimal exercise intensity, and resulting in greater improvement compared to simply using a fixed time interval exercise.

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