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Immediate Benefits of Chest Exercises PNF among Patients With Respiratory Disease COPD

Immediate Effect of Chest Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation among Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - FIST-PNF-COPD

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/089939
Enrollment
78
Registered
2025-07-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-07-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: J00-J99- Diseases of the respiratory system

Interventions

Intervention1: Intercostal stretch: Treatment protocol Experimental group receiving intercostal stretch with pursed lip breathing will applied in such a way that In total 1 minute, we considered 10 br

Sponsors

Saket college of physiotherapy
Lead Sponsor
Civil Hospital
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosed COPD patients as per GOLD classification

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Uncooperative or unwilling patient should be excluded Severe and very severe stage of COPD whose FEV is less than and equals to 30 percent and not more than 50 percent Chest trauma, Ribs fracture, Thoracic vertebral fracture Cardiac and abdominal surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dyspnoea(Modified berg scale) Chest Expansion(Measuring Tape) Timepoint: Pre-intervention and immediately Post-intervention (same day)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Haemodynamic functions Blood pressure (Mercury sphygmomanometer, Digital sphygmomanometer) Heart rate(Pulsed oximeter) SPO2(Pulsed oximeter)Timepoint: Pre-intervention & immediately Post-intervention (same day)

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGagan

Saket college of physiotherapy

xs4minaxi@gmail.com9041095121

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026