Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Conditions
Brief summary
exercise activity during the COVID pandemic is appreciated to be conducted in home especially for chronic chest diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the chance of viral contamination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Detailed description
40 COPD men will be divided to exercise group (20 patients) and control group (20 patients): the exercise group will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks. The control group will not be trained
Interventions
BEHAVIORALexercise group
the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
OTHERcontrol group
the control group will not be trained
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
50 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* stable COPD patients * patients who will have a training device as bicycle or treadmill in home
Exclusion criteria
* diabetic patients * renal patients. * liver diseases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cortisol | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | it will be measured in plasma |
| hospital anxiety and depression scale | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | this a questionnaire that will assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Interleukin-8 | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | It is an inflammatory marker in plasma |
| St. George's respiratory questionnaire | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | It assess the effect of COPD on general quality of life |
| six minute walking test | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | it assess functional capacity |
| body mass index | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | it will measure body mass changes |
| pulmonary function test | It will be measured after eight weeks of training | it will be a measurement for lung volume and capacities |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAli Ismail, lecturer
Outcome results
None listed