NCT00935181

Respiratory Muscle Stretching in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Respiratory Muscle Stretching in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Submitted a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Faculdade Evangelica do Parana · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: The investigators studied the effects of respiratory muscle stretching in an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation program. Methods: This was a simple-blind parallel controlled trial, conducted an out-patient clinic. Twenty six patients with COPD (mean age 68 ± 6 y, percent of predicted FEV1 47 ± 16) were randomized to either respiratory muscle stretching group plus exercise training (RMS), and exercise training group (Sham), in an 8-week exercise program that had 3 sessions per week. The investigators measured inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength (by maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure - PIM and PEM), exercise capacity (by 6-minute walk distance), dyspnea and quality of life.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	respiratory muscle stretching	stretching exercises for respiratory muscles like diaphragm, pectoral, dorsalis etc

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-01-01
• Primary completion: 2006-12-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2009-07-08
• Last updated: 2009-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil