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Effects of Exercise Training on Respiratory Performance in Patients With Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases

NCT05227443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2022-02-23

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Summary

The current study recruited patients with fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (f-ILD) whatever was the underlying pathology. The investigators aimed to compare the effects of aerobic exercises for lower limbs (LL) versus upper limbs, lower limbs, and breathing exercises (ULB) on the peak exercise measurements that was measured using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), dyspnea and health related quality of life assessment in this group of patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Exercise aerobic training

It is a procedure that is in the form of exercise training as a part of rehabilitation. The patients were subjected to 3 supervised sessions of exercise training / week for a total duration of 6 weeks. The form of training was aerobic intensity exercise that lasts for 15 minutes of continuous exercise. In this intervention, the investigators provide only lower limbs training exercises.

PROCEDURE

Upper, lower and breathing (ULB) exercise

It is a procedure that is in the form of exercise training as a part of rehabilitation. The patients were subjected to 3 supervised sessions of exercise training / week for a total duration of 6 weeks. The form of training was aerobic intensity exercise that lasts for 15 minutes of continuous exercise. In this intervention, the investigators provide lower and upper limbs training exercises as well as breathing exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alexandria University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-16
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2021-07-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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