title: [Relevance of Outpatient, Equipment-based Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases].
abstract: Exercise training is one of the most important components in disease management for patients with chronic respiratory diseases. The clinically relevant benefits of endurance and strength training on dyspnea, exercise capacity and quality of life have been evaluated very well. However, there are some legal limitations by the German Working Group for Rehabilitation (BAR) concerning outpatient exercise training programs (beyond pulmonary rehabilitation): only group-based callisthenic training programs receive funding from health care insurances while professional equipment-based training programs are excluded despite their outstanding effectiveness.This review provides an overview on the methodology and the benefits of outpatient exercise training programs for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, and it critically discusses the organizational structures of these programs in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Fachzentrum Pneumologie, Schönau am Königssee.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glöckl
authors.affiliation: Rehaklinik Heidelberg Königstuhl.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Göhl
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und ambulante pneumologische Rehabilitation in Leverkusen (APRiL) St. Remigius-Krankenhaus Leverkusen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spielmanns
authors.affiliation: Atem-Reha, Hamburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taube
authors.affiliation: Lungenpraxis Alstertal, Hamburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.affiliation: Klinik Bad Reichenhall, Zentrum für Rehabilitation, Pneumologie und Orthopädie der DRV Bayern Süd, Bad Reichenhall.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.affiliation: Praxis Drs. Bily/Kellermann, Facharztforum Fürth.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Worth
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D064797:Physical Conditioning, Human / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome