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Systematic review found that exercise therapy delivered using advanced telehealth technology may improve exercise capacity, dyspnoea and quality of life in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a major cause of disability and mortality worldwide. There is level 1 evidence that exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation improves exercise capacity, dyspnoea and quality of life. Telecommunication technology can be used …

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Video for large clinical trial that found that screening for fall risk and targeted exercise or multifactorial intervention did not result in fewer fractures than advice by mail alone in community-dwelling older people

Last month we summarised the PreFIT clinical trial by Lamb et al. The trial concluded that screening for fall risk and targeted exercise or multifactorial intervention did not result in fewer fractures than advice by …

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PEDro update (1 February 2021)

PEDro contains 49,685 records. In the 1 February 2021 update you will find: 38,461 reports of randomised controlled trials (37,732 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 10,536 reports …

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