Individualized, low-cost and accessible pulmonary rehabilitation program based on functional clinical tests for individuals with COPD—a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present pulmonary and extrapulmonary impairments. The strategies used to mitigate these impairments are pulmonary rehabilitation programs (PRP). However, there is limited access to PRP in specialized centers and the study...

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Main Authors: Marcela Maria Carvalho da Silva, Juliano Ferreira Arcuri, Valéria Amorim Pires Di Lorenzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05267-9