Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Breathlesness, Exercise Capacity and Postural Control in Patients with COPD.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-10nyzcqc
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Age> 40 years; Diagnosis of COPD according to the document GOLD (2016); Absence of exacerbations in the last 30 days; Presence of inspiratory muscle weakness (PImax <70cmH2O or <70% of predicted).
Exclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of psychiatric or cognitive diseases that compromise the understanding of the study's guidelines; Progressive neurological disease; Neuromuscular disease; Vestibular disorders; Orthopedic changes that compromise the results of field and range tests; Presence of other comorbidities that, at the researcher's discretion, may interfere with the results of the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method increase in Exercise capacity, using 6MWD with 25m of increase comparing with baseline.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrease of dyspnea, using modified Medical Research Council (mMRC scale), with decrease of 1 point in mMRC scale.