100
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2004
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2005
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2006
pulmonary outpatient rehabilitation
Subjects take part in once weekly training sessions of 60 min duration. Sessions take place in local physiotherapist practice and involve simple training devices (chairs, elastic bands, balls). In addition, subjects take part in a structured and validated educational program concerning COPD (COBRA) of 8 h duration. They are offered counselling regarding nutrition (2 h), psycho-social (2 h) and social (2 h) aspects.
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Dr. Tibor Schmoller, pulmonary practice Winterhude
UNKNOWN
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
OTHER