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Clinical benefits of a combined hospital and home-based exercise programme over 18 months in patients with severe COPD.

Michaela Behnke, Rudolf A. Jörres, D Kirsten, H Magnussen

PubMed · 2003 · 85 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Our data indicate that an individually defined, home-based, long-term walking programme initiated by a short hospital-based training can reduce disease-related medical consumption, in addition to sustained benefits in exercise performance and quality of life.

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