Rapid real-world implementation of pulmonary telerehabilitation: good fortune or COVID-19 luck?

doi:10.1183/23120541.00820-2023

. 2024 Feb 19;10(1):00820-2023.

doi: 10.1183/23120541.00820-2023. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Rapid real-world implementation of pulmonary telerehabilitation: good fortune or COVID-19 luck?

Narelle S Cox^{1

2}, Janet Bondarenko^{1

3}, Melissa Chong³, Tunya Marceu³, Jaycie Perryman¹, Anne E Holland^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Research@Alfred, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38375426
PMCID: PMC10875453
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00820-2023

Rapid real-world implementation of pulmonary telerehabilitation: good fortune or COVID-19 luck?

Narelle S Cox et al. ERJ Open Res. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 19;10(1):00820-2023.

doi: 10.1183/23120541.00820-2023. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Narelle S Cox^{1

2}, Janet Bondarenko^{1

3}, Melissa Chong³, Tunya Marceu³, Jaycie Perryman¹, Anne E Holland^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Research@Alfred, Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 38375426
PMCID: PMC10875453
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00820-2023

Abstract

"Real-world" telerehabilitation achieves clinically meaningful outcomes for patients and may improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation, but implementation into practice may have been aided by COVID-19-related support for telehealth https://bit.ly/3NqYdCC.

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[1] Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) . Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD. 2023. https://goldcopd.org

[2] Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) . Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD. 2023. https://goldcopd.org

[3] McCarthy B, Casey D, Devane D, et al. . Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2: CD003793. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003793.pub3 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] McCarthy B, Casey D, Devane D, et al. . Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015; 2: CD003793. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003793.pub3 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Holland AE, Cox NS, Houchen-Wolloff L, et al. . Defining modern pulmonary rehabilitation. An official American Thoracic Society workshop report. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021; 18: e12–e29. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202102-146ST - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Holland AE, Cox NS, Houchen-Wolloff L, et al. . Defining modern pulmonary rehabilitation. An official American Thoracic Society workshop report. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021; 18: e12–e29. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202102-146ST - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Cox N, Dal Corso S, Hansen H, et al. . Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021; 1: CD013040. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013040.pub2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Cox N, Dal Corso S, Hansen H, et al. . Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021; 1: CD013040. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013040.pub2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Cox NS, McDonald CF, Mahal A, et al. . Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease: a randomised controlled equivalence trial. Thorax 2022; 77: 643–651. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216934 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Cox NS, McDonald CF, Mahal A, et al. . Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease: a randomised controlled equivalence trial. Thorax 2022; 77: 643–651. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216934 - DOI - PubMed

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