COPD
Conditions
Keywords
COPD, Exercise training
Brief summary
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable respiratory characterized by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible. This disease a major cause of mortality worldwide. It is projected to rank the third-leading cause of death in 2020. The objective of this study is to examine the effects of a physical therapy intervention in stable patients with COPD.
Detailed description
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have demonstrated important balance impairment (1).The deficit in balance control is identified as one of the risk factors of fall in subjects with COPD and alters their activities daily life (2,3). Porto and al. (2015) reported in a recent review that individuals with COPD have a decline in balance control when compared with healthy age matched controls(4).
Interventions
OTHERET+RT+ NMES
Endurance training, resistance training and neuromuscular electrical stimuation were prformed. Intensity was gradually increased.
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine, Sousse
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Investigator)
Intervention model description
Differents groups received differents training protocoles during the same duration
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* COPD diagnosed by pulmonary function testing * Clinically stable * Abscence of other obstructive diseases * Signed written consent * Fall in the past five years or recent near fall
Exclusion criteria
* Neuromuscular diseases * Severe psychiatric, neurologic or musculoskeletal conditions and /or instable cardiovascular diseases. * Contre-indications to physical therapy * Acute exacerbations a month before the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balance outcomes | baseline | The tests were performed using a stabilometric platform |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary function test | baseline | The test was performed using a Spirometry Zan 100 (Inspire Health GmbH, Germany) |
| Exercise tolerance | baseline | The 6 minutes walk test |
| Force assesment | Baselline | Maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) of the quadriceps muscle |
| Time Up and Go (TUG) | Baseline | The patient initially sitting on an armless chair stand up walks 3 meters and returns and sit down again. The time was recorded |
| Berg Balance Scale (BBS) | Baseline | The BBS contains 14 items. The score obtained from 0 to 56. from 0 to 20: high risk of falling , Above 56: No risk of falling |
Countries
Tunisia
Outcome results
None listed