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Efficacy of Acupuncture in Exercise Tolerance in Patients With COPD

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Interventions
Procedure: acupuncture
Registration Number
NCT03767140
Lead Sponsor
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
Brief Summary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is nowadays the 4th cause of death in the world and it´s expected to become the 3rd cause of death in 2020 and the majority cause of morbidity. Besides that, in Portugal COPD patients become more dependents each day.

Acupuncture as a reflex therapy it´s carried out through a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnose that will allowed to identify the acupoints.

The investigators are interested in to assess acupuncture efficacy on physical exercise tolerance in COPD patients.An experimental, controlled, randomized, double blind study was done. Patients were recruited according TCM diagnose to optimize potential therapeutic effects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
29
Inclusion Criteria
  • COPD GOLD III,IV;
  • able to walk;
  • Informed consent signed;
  • stable medication during last 3 days
  • exacerbation during 3 months;
  • Chinese diagnose opening principle;
  • blood pressure "90"180 mmhg/ "100mmhg; respiratory rate "10"30 cpm
Exclusion Criteria
  • smoker;
  • metastasis;
  • hepatic,
  • renal or cardiovascular disease;
  • pulmonary hypertension;
  • COPD symptoms exacerbation during the therapy;
  • previous acupuncture treatments;
  • unstable vital signs;
  • pulmonary rehabilitation in the last 6 months;
  • needle phobia.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
sham acupunctureacupunctureFalse acupuncture treatment using not acupuncture points
Verum acupucntureacupunctureReal acupuncture treatment
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
six minute walk test (6MWT)6 minutes

distance walked (metres)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rating of perceived exertion (Borg Scale)6 minutes

during 6MWT

Oxygen peripheral saturation (SPO2)6 minutes

pulse oximeter

Blood pressure6 minutes

measure at end of 6MWT

heart rate6 minutes

at end of 6MWT

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Carla Manuela Loureiro Barros

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Marco de Canaveses, Porto, Portugal

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