Chest Mobility Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Patients With COPD

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Moderate

Treatments: Other: proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation; Other: Chest mobility exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06269029

P.T.Rec/012/004297

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chest mobility exercise versus proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Full description

The purpose of this study is designed to compare the therapeutic effect of chest mobility exercises and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on improving chest expansion and functional capacity in patients with chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease?

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 50 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients will have the following criteria:

1. Age: 50-60 years old
2. All patients will be in mild to moderate of COPD. In accordance with criteria of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (GOLD I-II).
3. BMI: obese class 1 (30-34.9).
4. Sex: male
5. They suffered from mild dyspnea, chronic cough and expectorations, with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1sec) from 50% to 80% of predicted value.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with the following criteria will excluded from the study:

1. Severe psychiatric or cognitive impairments.
2. Progressive neuromuscular disorders.
3. Decreased level of consciousness.
4. Unstable fracture.
5. pacemaker inserted for fewer than 2 days
6. Deep-venous thrombosis (to minimize risk for pulmonary embolism from being in a prone position.
7. Mean arterial blood pressure of less than 65 mm Hg with or without vasopressors.
8. Tracheal surgery or sternotomy in the last 15 days.
9. Massive haemoptysis.
10. Intracranial pressure of more than 30 mm Hg or cerebral perfusion pressure of less than 60 mm Hg.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

patients with COPD assigned for chest mobility

Experimental group

Description:

This study will be carried on 30 patients with Chronic obstructivepulmonarydisease. Patients will be selected from department (3) Kaser EL-Ainy, Cairo University.

Treatment:

Other: Chest mobility exercises

patients with COPD assigned for PNF

Experimental group

Description:

This study will be carried on 30 patients with Chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease. Patients will be selected from department (3) Kaser EL-Ainy, Cairo University.

Treatment:

Other: proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation