Telerehabilitation for COPD: Could pulmonary rehabilitation deliver on its promise?

Anne E Holland^{1

2

3}, Narelle S Cox^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Anne E Holland et al. Respirology. 2017 May.

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. 2017 May;22(4):626-627.

doi: 10.1111/resp.13028. Epub 2017 Mar 26.

Anne E Holland^{1

2

3}, Narelle S Cox^{1

3}

¹ Discipline of Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; excercise training; pulmonary rehabilitation; quality of life; telerehabilitation.

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