Results of functional tests on supervised rehabilitation program and education program in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease unspecifiedJ00-J99
- Registration Number
- RBR-533hht
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de São Carlos
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Fifty until eighty five years years; diagnosis of COPD;absence of exacerbation and stability of drug treatment in the last four weeks; - absence of rehabilitation in the last six months; mMRC (Modified Medical Research Counc) greater than or equal to two;low functional capacity verified by the results of six minutos step test and / or six minutes walk test (eighty percent or less of predicted value); cognitive impairment with language deficiency that impairs to understanding the verbal instructions.
Contraindications that dificult the proposed tests (ATS Statement 6MWT, 2002), being considered absolute unstable angina and myocardial infarction on previous months, arrhythmias, unstable blood pressure and BMI greater than 35 kg / m2; malignant cancer in treatment;orthopedic, rheumatic, neuromuscular and visual problems that make it impossible to walk and / or go up and down stairs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Responsiveness of functional test - six minute step test- before and after the intervention (rehabilitation)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method