Respiratory Muscle Exercise Training in COPD Patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: COPD

• Registration Number: NCT01747694
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-10
• Study Start: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-12-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-12-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2013-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PE max	three months	maximal strength of expiratory muscle

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PI max	three months	maximal strength of inspiratory muscle
6MWT	three months	six-minute walking test
MVV	three months	maximal voluntary volume

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taoyuan, Taiwan