Postural Abnormalities in Phenotypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/12/010941
- Lead Sponsor
- Jamia Millia Islamia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Individual with severe to very severe COPD.
Clinically stable.
Able to walk independently without assistive device.
Able to follow instructions.
Exclusion Criteria
Thoracic or abdominal surgery in previous years.
Recurrent musculoskeletal injury to the upper body quadrant.
Cognitive impairment.
Severe musculoskeletal, systemic, neurological or cardiovascular disorder that could interfere with the measurements.
Idiopathic scoliosis.
Ankylosing spondylitis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thoracic flexion. <br/ ><br>Thoracic kyphosis. <br/ ><br>Protraction of head. <br/ ><br>Protraction of shoulder. <br/ ><br>Scapular elevation. <br/ ><br>Upper thoracic circumference and lower thoracic circumference <br/ ><br>Timepoint: one time point <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pper thoracic circumference and lower thoracic circumferenceTimepoint: one time point