None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Others(Pulmonary rehabilitation) : An experienced physiotherapist conducted a one-hour, comprehensive PR program twice a week for a total of 8 weeks. The program consisted of the following components:
2) breathing techniques
3) strengthening exercises
and 4) endurance exercises.
Flexibility exercises, or chest-mobilizing exercises, involved stretching the trunk and limbs while breathing deeply. During inspiration, the rib cage expands and the ribs
of the one-repetition maximum is recommended. However, in older patients, the one-repetition maximum can often not be measured because of musculoskeletal problems. Therefore, exercise intensity was de
Sponsors
Pusan National University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) > 40 years, 2) symptoms such as dyspnea or exercise intolerance in their daily lives, 3) Non-smoker or patient who has quit smoking for 3 months, 4) post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second / forced vital capacity < 0.7 in pulmonary function test, and 5) adequate pharmacological treatment following the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease COPD strategy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) difficulty walking or any disease preventing improvement in walking ability, 2) uncontrolled extrapulmonary disease that could lead to hemodynamic instability during exercise (for example, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus), 3) participation in other clinical studies, 4) resting hypoxemia due to severe respiratory failure (SpO2 < 90%),
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 6-minute walk distance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maximal inspiratory and maximal expiratory pressure,peak cough flow ,Grip strength, Bioelectrical impedance analysis, The COPD Assessment Test and the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, BODE index | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactSang Hun Kim
Pusan National University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed