Table 1.

Adaptions made for online delivery of PR

Traditional face to face programme	Online-PR delivery
Face-to-face patient assessments	Online video-based assessments
Incremental shuttle walk test exercise capacity outcome	1 min sit-to-stand exercise capacity outcome
Progression to 3 min per endurance exercise	Progression to 4 min per endurance exercise
Clinician led exercise	Exercise instructor led exercise
Resistance exercises with free weights	Resistance exercises with Theraband
Group education delivery within sessions	Separate individually accessed education
No preliminary patient home visit	Patient home visit for equipment delivery and IT platform training as needed
No prior equipment provided	Theraband, oximeter and sometimes IPad delivered
Home exercise programme administered on session one (paper based)	Home exercise programme administered once patient confident with online participation (paper based)
Community hall venues	Patient home venue
MDT education including: Understanding your lung condition, breathlessness management including input from psychological therapist, cough and sputum, planning for future, nutrition, benefits of exercise, hospital care, medications and inhaler technique	MDT education including: Understanding your lung condition, breathlessness management including input from psychological therapist, cough and sputum, planning for future, nutrition, benefits of exercise, hospital care, medications and inhaler technique.
Introduction session before preassessment including expert patient experience	Introduction session following pre-assessment led by exercise specialist and clinician
Paper based Patient-rReported Outcome Measures, missing data entry possible	Digitally completed outcome measures, submission not possible without complete data entry.
Clinical notes written on System one	Clinical notes written on System one

PR, pulmonary rehabilitation.