Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Faculty of Medicine, Sousse

Status

Completed

Conditions

COPD

Treatments

Other: ET+RT+ NMES

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03577080

COPD

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable respiratory characterized by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible. This disease a major cause of mortality worldwide. It is projected to rank the third-leading cause of death in 2020.

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of a physical therapy intervention in stable patients with COPD.

Full description

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients have demonstrated important balance impairment (1).The deficit in balance control is identified as one of the risk factors of fall in subjects with COPD and alters their activities daily life (2,3). Porto and al. (2015) reported in a recent review that individuals with COPD have a decline in balance control when compared with healthy age matched controls(4).

Enrollment

42 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

40 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

COPD diagnosed by pulmonary function testing
Clinically stable
Abscence of other obstructive diseases
Signed written consent
Fall in the past five years or recent near fall

Exclusion criteria

Neuromuscular diseases
Severe psychiatric, neurologic or musculoskeletal conditions and /or instable cardiovascular diseases.
Contre-indications to physical therapy
Acute exacerbations a month before the intervention