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Table 2 Content of exercise prescription designed in this study

From: A home-based pulmonary rehabilitation mHealth system to enhance the exercise capacity of patients with COPD: development and evaluation

Type

Volume

Main type

Subtype

Frequency

Duration

Intensity

Aerobic/endurance training

Walk

3–7 days per week

10–60 min per day;

measured by the walk rate

Resistance training

Upper limbsa

2–5 days per week

2–12 repetitions per set; 1–3 sets per day; held for 30 to 60 s per repetition; 2–4 repetitions per set; 1–2 sets per day

measured by subjective feelings of patients indicated by Borg scale value between 4–6

Lower limbsb

Flexibility training

Shoulder stretch, side stretch, thoracic stretch

2–3 days per week

Respiratory muscle training

calm and natural breathing, abdominal breathing

3–7 days per week

1–9 min per set; 2 sets per day

  1. aUpper limbs resistance training include: bicep curl, shoulder press, side lateral raise, and wall push up referred from Ref. [36]
  2. bLower limbs resistance training include: sit to stand, step ups, heel raises, leg extension, and seated row referred from Ref. [36]