This is a prospective, single-center, two-arm (1:1), assessor-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial that will be conducted in collaboration with the outpatient clinic of the third Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, "Attikon" University Hospital of Athens in Greece. The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of applying digital physiotherapy services in the management of specific clinical outcomes in children with chronic suppurative lung diseases, other than cystic fibrosis. The research question is whether airway clearance techniques and exercise training that are performed remotely using digital health services (DHSs) can improve functional and exercise capacity, as well as compliance with ACTs, compared to usual care. The intervention program includes airway clearance techniques (ACTs), as well as aerobic and strengthening exercises that can be implemented easily in an online setting at home with minimal equipment. The duration of the program will be 12 weeks, and the prescribed weekly regimen will consist of 50-minute remote sessions: two synchronous, supervised sessions conducted via the Vsee platform, and a minimum of one asynchronous, unsupervised session. Children will be encouraged to maintain daily adherence to the exercise protocol.
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Exercise Capacity (modified Shuttle Walk test)
Timeframe: Change From Baseline in MSWT distance at 3 and 6 months
Compliance with the airway clearance techniques and exercise program
Timeframe: Change From Baseline at 3 and 6 months in: symptomatology, frequency, and duration of ACTs performance, as well as frequency and duration of exercise program performed