Barbosa, MariselaMelo, Cristina Argel deTorres, RuiMelo, CristinaTorres, Rui2025-11-032025-11-032024-12-11Barbosa, M., Argel-de Melo, C., & Torres, R. (2024). Home-based rehabilitation maintenance with or without an exercise-based pilates program in COPD patients. Revista de Patología Respiratoria, 28(1), 011–022. https://www.revistadepatologiarespiratoria.org/frame_eng.php?id=1071576‑9895http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/30718Pilates exercise may complement pulmonary rehabilitation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to improve Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). To investigate the effects on PROMs after incorporating a six-month Pilates exercise maintenance program compared to a home-only exercise program. A total of 32 participants with COPD (GOLD B) were assigned to either the intervention group (n = 14) or the control group (n = 18). Both groups participated in a three-month pulmonary rehabilitation program. For the next six months, the inter­vention group engaged in a Pilates exercise program and home-based exercises, while the control group continued with home-based exercises only. Primary outcomes were evaluated at baseline, three, six, and nine months. At the nine-month follow-up, the intervention group exhibited significantly fewer activity-related impairments in the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire Activity domain (p = 0.029) and experienced less symptoms of anxiety (p = 0.002) and depression (p = 0.014) according to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale scores. Other PROMs did not show statistically significant differences between the groups. Incorporating a six-month Pilates exercise maintenance program resulted in fewer activity-related impairments and reduced anxiety and depression symptoms compared to those who followed a home-based exercise maintenance program alone.engCOPDPulmonary rehabilitationCommHome-basedunity-basedPilatesresearch article10.24875/RPR.24000039