The Effectiveness of Multi-respiratory Muscle Training on Respiratory Function in Patients With COPD
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- COPD
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- PE max
- Last Updated
- 13 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
COPD patients often suffer from dyspnea and exercise intolerance which lower their quality of life.The aim of this proposed study is to examine the effectiveness of multi-respiratory muscle training on respiratory function of COPD patients.
Detailed Description
The respiratory muscle training is an important part of pulmonary rehabilitation. Subjects will be recruited from the chest medicine clinic of a medical center in Northern Taiwan, randomly assigned to control and experimental groups by severity status for a 12-week muscle training intervention.The outcome measures will be performed to evaluate respiratory function, depression status and quality of life at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of training.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clinical diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- •Must be stable
- •Never participate in respiratory muscle trainig program
Exclusion Criteria
- •Infection or acute excerbation condition
- •Abdominal surgical
- •Severe neuromuscular, cardiac disease or dementia
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
PE max
Time Frame: three months
maximal strength of expiratory muscle
Secondary Outcomes
- PI max(three months)
- 6MWT(three months)
- MVV(three months)