title: Teaching COPD patients upper extremity exercises at home.
abstract: While exercise training for patients with COPD is time consuming and strenuous, we have seen through our experience that patients who comply with this simple and easy exercise program reported subjective improvement in ability to perform their activities of daily living. The key to exercise success is consistency and availability of reinforcement of techniques through the use of both written and in-person instruction.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bauldoff
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D015444:Exercise; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*