Table 1 displays the demographic data of the 44 subjects. Most of the subjects were male, and no significant
differences between groups were found regarding age,
FEV
1, or FVC. Table 2 displays the 6MWT results: the
home-based rehabilitation group walked a significantly
longer distance, with a mean increase of 65.7 83.1 m
(P .039), whereas the control group walked only an
additional 5.5 92.9 m (P .34). Table 3 displays the
results of the endurance test: the home-based rehabilitation
group demonstrated a significant increase (316.6 81.8 m)
in distance walked (P .001), whereas the control group
walked an additional 31.2 419.7 m (P .66).
Table 4 displays the results of the SGRQ. The homebased rehabilitation group reached statistically and clinically important reductions in all domain scores, whereas
no significant differences were found in the control group.