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Unsupported Arm Exercise and Breathing Strategy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT00836108 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2012-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Controlling the way people with lung problems breathe during arm exercises may reduce their breathlessness during activities of daily living that require them to lift their arms (i.e. brushing their hair, putting groceries away on high shelves). The main aim of this study is to determine the effects of specific breathing strategies during arm exercise on dyspnoea in patients with chronic lung disease. Coordinating inspiration with the action of arm elevation will reduce dyspnoea during a rhythmic overhead arm activity

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

breathing strategy

Subjects will practice a rhythmic overhead arm exercise, during which they will be taught to inspire when they elevate their arms or they will be taught to expire when they elevate their arms or, a third group, will practice a rhythmic overhead arm exercise, during which they will not be provided with any instruction regarding a specific breathing pattern. The arm exercise practiced by all groups will be identical.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • West Park Healthcare Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dina Brooks, PhD · West Park Healthcare Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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