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Chest Mobility Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Patients With COPD

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Moderate
Interventions
Other: Chest mobility exercises
Other: proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
Registration Number
NCT06269029
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Chest mobility exercise versus proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is designed to compare the therapeutic effect of chest mobility exercises and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on improving chest expansion and functional capacity in patients with chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease?

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

All patients will have the following criteria:

  1. Age: 50-60 years old
  2. All patients will be in mild to moderate of COPD. In accordance with criteria of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (GOLD I-II).
  3. BMI: obese class 1 (30-34.9).
  4. Sex: male
  5. They suffered from mild dyspnea, chronic cough and expectorations, with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1sec) from 50% to 80% of predicted value.

Exclusion criteria:

Patients with the following criteria will excluded from the study:

  1. Severe psychiatric or cognitive impairments.
  2. Progressive neuromuscular disorders.
  3. Decreased level of consciousness.
  4. Unstable fracture.
  5. pacemaker inserted for fewer than 2 days
  6. Deep-venous thrombosis (to minimize risk for pulmonary embolism from being in a prone position.
  7. Mean arterial blood pressure of less than 65 mm Hg with or without vasopressors.
  8. Tracheal surgery or sternotomy in the last 15 days.
  9. Massive haemoptysis.
  10. Intracranial pressure of more than 30 mm Hg or cerebral perfusion pressure of less than 60 mm Hg.
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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
patients with COPD assigned for chest mobilityChest mobility exercisesThis study will be carried on 30 patients with Chronic obstructivepulmonarydisease. Patients will be selected from department (3) Kaser EL-Ainy, Cairo University.
patients with COPD assigned for PNFproprioceptive neuromuscular facilitationThis study will be carried on 30 patients with Chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease. Patients will be selected from department (3) Kaser EL-Ainy, Cairo University.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pulmonary function testOne week for each comparator

Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test. It is widely used in the assessment of lung function to provide objective information used in the diagnosis of lung diseases and monitoring lung health Test started at the time of 20 minutes after subjects inhaling 400 μg of salbutamol. The following variables were assessed: FVC, FEV1, inspiratory capacity (IC), and inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo university- faculty of physical therapy

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Cairo, Dokki, Egypt

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