Effects of Strength and Aerobic Training on Physical Performance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease who Use Oxygen at Home

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• Conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; C08.381.495.389

• Registration Number: RBR-535smn
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

We included patients with clinical and functional diagnosis of COPD according to the criteria of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (RABE et al, 2007), both sexes over 50 years of age, clinically stable (outside the period of exacerbation regardless of disease staging, and who used home-based oxygen therapy regardless of the time (hours / day) of use and who were not included in any rehabilitation program or physical training in the last year.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with other lung diseases (asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia) were excluded; presence of other non-pulmonary diseases considered to be incapacitating, severe or difficult to control (eg heart disease or the sequelae of acute or chronic neurological diseases), which could disrupt the application of tests; those with cognitive status compromised according to the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (<13 for illiterates; <18 for individuals with 1 to 7 years of schooling and <26 for 8 years or more of schooling).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Expected outcome 1: Improvement in exercise capacity, assessed by means of the 6-minute step test (6MW), test where the participant must ascend and descend with a 2-step step, maintaining his normal rhythm for 6 minutes, and the number of repetitions will be recorded at the beginning and at the end of the study and considered for analysis.<br>An increase of at least 15% in the number of replicates will be considered improvement.