The Effect of Reflective Breathing Therapy Compared With Conventional Breathing Therapy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) III-IV; part2

Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Procedure: conventional breathing therapy; Procedure: reflectory breathing therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01905982

RAT 2013

KBerchtesgadener (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether different types of breathing therapies in patients with COPD III-IV decrease dyspnea, increase activity and have impact on parasympathetic activities.

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• inpatient rehabilitation
• COPD (Gold stage III and IV)

Exclusion criteria

• severe exacerbation in the last four weeks
• acute infections
• fever
• neuritides
• severe osteoporosis
• skin disease
• manic depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional breathing therapy

Experimental group

Description:

first: conventional breathing therapy, second: reflectory breathing therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: conventional breathing therapy

Reflectory breathing therapy

Experimental group

Description:

first: Reflectory breathing therapy second:Conventional breathing therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: reflectory breathing therapy