Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 40 years or older, both gender; with clinical and functional diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease regardless of time and degree of obstruction; able to walk without the use of gait aids
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a self-reported history of unstable angina and/or acute myocardial infarction for less than three months; neurological and musculoskeletal diseases that prevented the performance of the tests and the functional training protocol; patients whose obstruction was not confirmed through the pulmonary function test; inability to perform or complete the proposed tests or not complete the entire functional training protocol; absence for more than two sessions (consecutive or not)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome. An improvement in quality of life was expected with a 20-point reduction in the total score.;Outcome found. An average reduction of 58 points in quality of life was observed. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes were expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Universidade do Sagrado Coração