Water-based exercise is more effective than land-based exercise for people with COPD and physical comorbidities

摘要

Question: In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have physical comorbidities, is water-basedexercise more effective than land-based exercise for improving exercise capacity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)?Design: Randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation andblinding of outcome assessors. Setting: The outpatient departmentor hydrotherapy pool of a hospital in Sydney, Australia.