Respiratory Muscle Exercise Training in COPD Patients

COPD Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of Multi-respiratory Muscle Training on Respiratory Function in Patients With COPD

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01747694
• Other study ID #: 101-2527A3
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 10, 2012
• Last updated: December 10, 2012
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

• Verified date: October 2012
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: Shu-Chuan Ho, PhD
• Phone: +886+3+3281200
• Email: sc6212.ho[@]msa.hinet.net
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

COPD patients often suffer from dyspnea and exercise intolerance which lower their quality of life.The aim of this proposed study is to examine the effectiveness of multi-respiratory muscle training on respiratory function of COPD patients.

Description:

The respiratory muscle training is an important part of pulmonary rehabilitation. Subjects will be recruited from the chest medicine clinic of a medical center in Northern Taiwan, randomly assigned to control and experimental groups by severity status for a 12-week muscle training intervention.The outcome measures will be performed to evaluate respiratory function, depression status and quality of life at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Must be stable

• Never participate in respiratory muscle trainig program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infection or acute excerbation condition

• Abdominal surgical

• Severe neuromuscular, cardiac disease or dementia

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COPD

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Multi-respiratory muscle training
Patients will be taught the diaphragmatic breathing technique at the same time also will be instructed a four-item (including upper-arm weighted exercise, body side-bends, modified sit-ups, body crunching) multi-respiratory muscle training motions. To practice three times/day, three days a week lasting 12 weeks at home.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire	Disease-Specific quality of life	three months	No
Other	CES-D	assessment of depressive status	three months	No
Primary	PE max	maximal strength of expiratory muscle	three months	No
Secondary	PI max	maximal strength of inspiratory muscle	three months	No
Secondary	6MWT	six-minute walking test	three months	No
Secondary	MVV	maximal voluntary volume	three months	No