Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2005)
A Canadian, Multicentre, Randomized Clinical Trial of Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Copd: Rationale and Methods
- François Maltais,
- Jean Bourbeau,
- Yves Lacasse,
- Stan Shapiro,
- Hélène Perrault,
- John R Penrod,
- Marc Baltzan,
- Michel Rouleau,
- Marcel Julien,
- Bruno Paradis,
- Richard Audet,
- Paul Hernandez,
- Robert D Levy,
- Pat Camp,
- Richard Lecours,
- Danielle Picard,
- Sarah Bernard
Affiliations
- François Maltais
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital Laval, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Canada
- Jean Bourbeau
- Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Yves Lacasse
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital Laval, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Canada
- Stan Shapiro
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Hélène Perrault
- Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- John R Penrod
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Marc Baltzan
- Mont-Sinaï Montréal, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Michel Rouleau
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Associé, Quebec, Canada
- Marcel Julien
- Hôpital Sacré Coeur, Montréal, Canada
- Bruno Paradis
- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval, Canada
- Richard Audet
- Centre hospitalier de la Baie des Chaleurs, Maria, Canada
- Paul Hernandez
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Robert D Levy
- St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Pat Camp
- St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Richard Lecours
- Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Lévis, Quebec, Canada
- Danielle Picard
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital Laval, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Canada
- Sarah Bernard
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital Laval, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de l’Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/606378
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 4
pp. 193 – 198
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation remains largely underused. Self-monitored, home-based rehabilitation is a promising approach to improving the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation.
