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Respiratory Muscle Stretching in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00935181 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2009-07-08

No results posted yet for this study

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

respiratory muscle stretching

stretching exercises for respiratory muscles like diaphragm, pectoral, dorsalis etc

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculdade Evangelica do Parana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Silvia R. Valderramas, Ph.D · Faculdade Evangelica do Paraná

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2006-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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