Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Conditions
Interventions
Effective intervention: 20 men with COPD will receive a phototherapy session (light therapy) with application in 12 specific points (respiratory muscles) with application time of 45 seconds per region
Radiation
E02.774
Sponsors
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers over 18 years of age; diagnosis of COPD with moderate to severe classification; clinically stable; who present symptoms of dyspnea due to small and medium effort.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Alcoholics; volunteers with cardiac pacemaker implantation; neurological disease; acute exacerbations of the disease requiring hospital admission or systemic corticosteroids in the 4 weeks prior to the study; regular exercise (more than 3 times a week) in the last three months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome variables include: 1) pulmonary function indexes, obtained by spirometric maneuvers of slow vital capacity (CVL), forced vital capacity (FVC) and maximal voluntary ventilation (VVMA); 2) thoracoabdominal mobility assessed by cirtometry; 3) Maximal respiratory pressures, obtained by means of manovacuometry; and 4) functional capacity assessed by means of the 6-min walk test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subjective perception of dyspnea and lower limb effort assessed during the 6-minute walk test. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAntonio Zamunér
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Outcome results
None listed