Effects of a physical training program associated with behavior change strategies on motivation for physical exercise in individuals with COPD: a randomized clinical trial

Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos0 个研究点开始时间: 2024年8月9日最近更新: 2024年8月19日

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•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

•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

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Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos