Our PA counselling programme effectively enhances PA level in COPD patients after three months. Sedentary patients at baseline still benefit after 15 months. ClinicalTrials.gov: registration number NCT00614796.

ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00614796.

Single variables from lung function or exercise testing at baseline have limited predictive value for response to exercise training. However, patients with worse disease status (i.e. a combination of lower FEV(1), more hyperinflation, lower exercise capacity and worse quadriceps force) improve more in endurance exercise capacity.