Home-based maintenance telerehabilitation reduces the risk for acute exacerbations of COPD, hospitalisations and emergency department visits

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Vasilopoulou, Maroula ^a   Papaioannou, Andriana I ^b   Kaltsakas, Georgios ^a   Louvaris, Zafeiris ^a   Chynkiamis, Nikolaos ^a   Spetsioti, Stavroula ^a   Kortianou, Eleni ^a   Genimata, Sofia Antiopi ^a   Palamidas, Anastasios ^a   Kostikas, Konstantinos ^a   Koulouris, Nikolaos G ^a   Vogiatzis, Ioannis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; TELEREHABILITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; TELEREHABILITATION;

EID: 85040933294     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02129-2016     Document Type: Article

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