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Effects of Singing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT00500526 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2008-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the practice of singing for a long period of time on pulmonary function data, quality of life, and dyspnea sensation of patients with COPD in stable clinical conditions. As singing is a type of respiratory training, the study hypothesis is that singing would improve maximal respiratory pressures, dyspnea sensation, and overall quality of life of these patients.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Singing practice

OTHER

Singing classes

OTHER

Hand craft classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • José B Martinez, MD, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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