Resistive Expiratory Muscle Training in COPD Patients

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Other: Resistive Expiratory muscle Training Group; Other: Conventional Breathing Exercise Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05061186

REC/01082 Varda Farooq

Details and patient eligibility

About

• To determine effects of resistive expiratory muscle training on pulmonary functions in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients
• To determine effects of resistive expiratory muscle training on maximum expiratory pressure in COPD patients
• To determine effects of resistive expiratory muscle training on quality of life in COPD patients

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD patients (GOLD criteria - moderate, moderately severe)
• Borg scale < 4

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with Orthopedic disease
• Neurological disease,
• Cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination < 22) ,
• Heart diseases,
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
• Acute and chronic infections

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

Resistive Expiratory muscle Training Group

Experimental group

Description:

Mild Resistive Expiratory muscle Training Group

Treatment:

Other: Resistive Expiratory muscle Training Group

Conventional Breathing Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Breathing Ex: Pursed lip Breathing, Diaphragmatic breathing ex, incentive spirometer

Treatment:

Other: Conventional Breathing Exercise Group