Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
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J Cardiopulm Rehabil · Sep 2005
Randomized Controlled TrialImpact of brief or extended exercise training on the benefit of a dyspnea self-management program in COPD.
To evaluate the differences in the long-term outcomes of dyspnea, exercise performance, health-related quality of life, and health resource utilization following a dyspnea self-management program with 3 different "doses" of supervised exercise. ⋯ Consistent with previous findings from evaluation studies of pulmonary rehabilitation programs, the greater number of supervised exercise training sessions improved laboratory dyspnea and performance more than the other two doses of exercise. In the long term, the improvement in dyspnea with activities of daily living and physical functioning was similar for all 3 groups.