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European Project promoting Physical Activity to Patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions

Fourth Transnational Meeting

Pixel organized and coordinated the fourth meeting of the European project entitled BREATH – A European Collaborative and Innovative Partnership to Promote Physical Activity for Patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions which took place on 24 – 25 September at Escola Superior de Saúde Atlântica site in Oeires (Portugal). The European project entitled BREATH was funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, Cooperation partnerships in higher education. The BREATH project was written and coordinated by the project applicant and scientific coordinator University of Opole (Poland) in cooperation with Pixel, also supporting the coordination of the planning process. The BREATH project aims at promoting physical activity and long-term rehabilitation to patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions by upskilling university physiotherapy, physical activity, sports, nursing students (who need to acquire the professional competencies required by today’s patients with chronic respiratory conditions) and physiotherapy, physical activity, sports, nursing professionals. During the meeting, the European project partners defined the strategy to collect the assessment of the target groups for the e-book, presented the identified best practices describing successful experiences in promoting physical activity in patients with respiratory impairments, and approved the structure of the eLearning platform. More information about the BREATH European project is available at: https://breath.ku.lt/.