What do systematic reviews say?

Physical exercise training vs no exercise

• Exercise training for advanced lung cancer 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 59 participants
  Low

Exercise vs control

• Exercise‐based rehabilitation programmes for pulmonary hypertension 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  11 studies · 418 participants
  Low

Exercise vs control group

• Exercise training undertaken by people within 12 months of lung resection for non‐small cell lung cancer 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 182 participants
  High

Intervention not reported

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes functional exercise capacity (Change in 6MWD) (very low certainty).

• Exercise training to improve exercise capacity and quality of life in people with non‐malignant dust‐related… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 53.81 [34.36, 73.26]
  2 studies · 39 participants
  Very low

Supervised maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation vs usual care

• Supervised maintenance programmes following pulmonary rehabilitation compared to usual care for chronic obstructive… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  10 studies · 639 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Psychological therapies for the treatment of anxiety disorders in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 268 participants
  Low

Telerehabilitation vs centre‐based (outpatient) pulmonary rehabilitation

Telerehabilitation showed no clear difference in exercise capacity ‐6MWD (m) compared with centre‐based (outpatient) pulmonary rehabilitation (moderate certainty).

• Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 0.06
  4 studies · 556 participants
  Moderate

Telerehabilitation vs no rehabilitation control

Telerehabilitation may leads to higher exercise capacity ‐ 6MWD (m) compared with no rehabilitation control (low certainty).

• Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 78.1 [49.6, 106.6]
  2 studies · 209 participants
  Low
• Telerehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 22.17
  2 studies · 94 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Guanylate cyclase stimulators for pulmonary hypertension 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 398 participants
  Very low