The Role of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Airways Clearance Techniques in the Multidisciplinary Management of Non CF Bronchiectasis

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 50-80 years; * No performing regular physiotherapy treatment or physical training (≤ 1 time/week); * Stable disease \[no changes in the chronic therapy (both inhaled and systematic) in the usual respiratory symptoms (according to the medical evaluation) and spirometry in the last 4 weeks prior to study recruitment\]; * Regular cough and expectoration; * Ability to follow the exercise program; * Ability to perform all clinical tests, to understand the process and the purposes of the study; * A history of at least 2 exacerbations during the previous year requiring antibiotic treatment and; * Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Active smokers, ex-smokers of less than 1 year prior to recruitment and/or a history of \>20 smoking packs/year; * FEV1 \<30% or/and TLC\<40% ; * Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, active tuberculosis or non tuberculosis mycobacterial infection, * Diagnosis of asthma or COPD as a primary respiratory disease and associated secondary bronchiectasis, * Patients with unstable cardiac disease or locomotor difficulties that preclude exercise (eg, severe arthritis or severe peripheral vascular disease); * Chronic respiratory failure and/or oxygen therapy; * Frequent haemoptysis (≥ 2 times/month); * Participation in a PR program during the year prior to inclusion or during the study protocol; * Participation in a CP program during 1 month prior to inclusion; * Any physical and psychological disorder that interferes with protocol compliance; * Participation in a clinical trial implying any change in usual pharmacological treatment in the last 6 months before recruitment; * Being on the waiting list for lung transplantation or have been transplanted.