Comparative efficacy of different digital health intervention modalities versus traditional pulmonary rehabilitation on daily step counts and exercise capacity in patients with COPD: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC12953363 · PMID 41783705

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App + Sensor also showed a positive trend toward improvement (SMD = 0.23, 95% CI: −0.00, 0.47) but did not reach statistical significance.

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Synchronous Tele-rehab also demonstrated a trend toward improvement (SMD = 0.45, 95% CI: −0.22, 1.11); however, the difference did not reach statistical significance, as the wide confidence interval crossed the line of no effect.

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