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Pulmonary rehabilitation plus inspiratory muscle training vs pulmonary rehabilitation alone: Health‐related quality of life

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Pulmonary rehabilitation plus inspiratory muscle training vs pulmonary rehabilitation alone
Health‐related quality of life · people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted7 studies · 908 participantsLow
Pulmonary rehabilitation plus inspiratory muscle training vs pulmonary rehabilitation alone
Health‐related quality of life · people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted2 studies · 657 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Inspiratory muscle training, with or without concomitant pulmonary rehabilitation, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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