After discharge from hospital the treatment regimens were continued on alternate days on outpatient
basis, for a total of three weeks. The assessment was repeated in both the groups after three weeks.
Results. Nine sessions of PR exercises produced statistically significant improvement in general well-being, forced expiratory
volume in the first second (FEV1
), 6MWT parameters, exercise capacity, peak oxygen uptake and volume of oxygen
consumption (VO2
)/Watts slope on CPET in patients with AECOPD.