Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training During PR on Dyspnoea and Exercise Tolerance in COPD Patients

Faculty of Medicine, Sousse

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments

Other: Pulmonary rehabilitation+IMT

Other: Pulmonary rehabilitation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04120142

COPD-DYS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a respiratory disease that results in progressive airflow limitation and respiratory distress.

The benefit of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) combined with a pulmonary rehabilitation programme is uncertain. The investigators aimed to demonstrate that, in patients with obstructive pulmonary disease, IMT performed during a PRP is associated with an improvement of dyspnoea and exercise tolerance.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the inspiratory muscle training (with incremental load every two weeks in two months) performed during pulmonary rehabilitation on dyspnoea, 6 minutes walk test and quality of life using the St George's respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) in COPD patients.

Enrollment

34 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

45 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Were COPD diagnosed by pulmonary function testing
Clinically stable
Abscence of other obstructive diseases
Signed written consert

Exclusion criteria

Were previous pneumonectomy or lobectomy in the past 6 months
spontaneous risk of pneumothorax or rib fracture
Incapacity to follow a standard rehabilitation programme (locomotor deficits, acute cardiac failure and acute exacerbation of COPD at the beginning of the programme)
The absence of written informed consent.