The Effect of Different Muscle Training on Activities of Daily Living in COPD

Hitit University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Quality of Life; Anxiety

Treatments: Device: Muscle strengthening with neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05501457

HititUApayas

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) contributes significantly to global morbidity and mortality; It is a disease that affects an estimated 210 million people worldwide and is the third most common cause of death. COPD is identified by persistent airflow limitation and is associated with progressively worsening lung function, dyspnea, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and impaired exercise capacity. Poor exercise capacity is a common finding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Central cardiopulmonary factors, respiratory muscle dysfunction, gas exchange abnormalities, and skeletal muscle dysfunction all play a role in limiting exercise capacity The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation applied to different muscle groups (quadriceps femoris and gastrocnemius muscles) on exercise performance and quality of life in patients with stable COPD and compare it with standard treatment.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between 18-75 years old,
• Diagnosed as group B stable COPD according to GOLD criteria by a pulmonologist,
• PaO2 >55 mm Hg, PaCO2 <45 mmHg in room air.

Exclusion criteria

• Exacerbation,
• Cor pulmonale or respiratory muscle fatigue (abdominal paradoxical breathing),
• Cardiac instability (with acute MI, congestive heart failure, or uncontrollable arrhythmia),
• Musculoskeletal disorder (conditions affecting exercise ability),
• Difficulty communicating.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

The gastrocnemius group

Experimental group

Description:

The patients in the first group (n=15) were given a pulmonary rehabilitation program and additionally 20 minutes of Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (Group 1) to the gastrocnemius muscle,

Treatment:

Device: Muscle strengthening with neuromuscular electrical stimulation

The quadriceps femoris group

Experimental group

Description:

The second group was given a pulmonary rehabilitation program and an additionally 20 minutes of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the quadriceps femoris muscle (Group 2),

Treatment:

Device: Muscle strengthening with neuromuscular electrical stimulation

The control group

Experimental group

Description:

The third group, which was the control group, was given only a pulmonary rehabilitation program (Group 3).

Treatment:

Device: Muscle strengthening with neuromuscular electrical stimulation