Effects of physical exercise associated with motivational techniques in individuals with Chronic obstrutive pulmonary disease: a randomized clinical trial

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; C08.381

• Registration Number: RBR-9ykz7ws
• Lead Sponsor: Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024
• Study Completion: 2029-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Patients of both genders diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - COPD, with a relationship between forced expiratory volume in one second and forced vital capacity less than 0.70; dyspnea assessed by modified Medical Research Council - mMRC as equal or higher than two, indicating moderate dyspnea; being clinically stable in the last four weeks; under medical follow-up and drug treatment; absence of participation in pulmonary rehabilitation programs in the last six months; age equal or over fifty years old; functional participants however with exercise capacity assessed by the six minute step test and six-minute walk test with values ??below eighty percent of predicted; without cognitive deficit assessed by the Mini Mental State Examination - MMSE questionnaire and without changes in balance assessed by the short physical performance battery and acceptance to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Intentional tremor; treatment of malignant neoplasm; body mass index above thirty five; rheumatic, neuromuscular, orthopedic and visual problems that make it impossible to walk or go up and down steps; unstable cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; and conditions that prevent testing and withdrawal from participation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified