Journal article
Telerehabilitation versus traditional centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic respiratory disease: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial
NS Cox, CF McDonald, JA Alison, A Mahal, R Wootton, CJ Hill, J Bondarenko, H Macdonald, P O'Halloran, P Zanaboni, K Clarke, D Rennick, K Borgelt, AT Burge, A Lahham, B Wageck, H Crute, P Czupryn, A Nichols, AE Holland
BMC Pulmonary Medicine | BMC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective therapeutic intervention for people with chronic respiratory disease. However, fewer than 5% of eligible individuals receive pulmonary rehabilitation on an annual basis, largely due to limited availability of services and difficulties associated with travel and transport. The Rehabilitation Exercise At Home (REAcH) study is an assessor-blinded, multi-centre, randomised controlled equivalence trial designed to compare the efficacy of home-based telerehabilitation and traditional centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation in people with chronic respiratory disease. Methods: Participants will undertake an 8-week group-based pulmonary rehabilitatio..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (GNT1101616). NSC is supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (GNT 1119970). The NHMRC will not interfere with the independence of the authors in regard to the conduct of the trial and will not delay or prevent publication of the study.