Clinical effect of acupuncture on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- COPD
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000017609
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Hospital Organization Toneyama National Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1)Malignant tumors 2)Active infectious disease 3)Severe heart disease 4)Hepatic failure 5)Renal failure 6)Drug regimen changed during clinical trials 7)Participation in pulmonary rehabilitation programs 8)Judged inadequate to participate in the study by their physicians
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Peak oxygen uptake Endurance time SGRQ score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Borg scale O2-pulse VD/VT VE/Vo2 VE/Vco2 Respiratory muscle strength Plasma concentration of norepinephrine Body weight CAT score mMRC dyspnea scale Pulmonary function test (Mostgraph, Expiratory FeNo) 24-h heart rate variability Daily physical activities measured using Activision marker Skeletal muscle mass, bone mass, and fat measured using Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA)