Effectiveness of physical exercise in chronic respiratory disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-9p3kmn8
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Parana
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
clinical diagnosis of COPD; clinically stable; without cognitive impairment; independent to perform instrumental activities of daily living; don't use assistive devices for walking; with a medical indication for physical exercise
Exclusion Criteria
lung diseases such as asthma pulmonary fibrosis pneumonia and other non-pulmonary diseases such as heart disease or with sequelae of acute or chronic orthopedic and or neurological diseases that could influence the application of tests; patients who were inserted in a physical training program in the last 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Exercise capacity assessed using the number of steps taken in the 6-minute step test after 16 exercise sessions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method