Acute Effects of a Stretching Program of the Rib Cage Muscles on Patients With COPD During Exercise

NCT ID: NCT02383277

Last Updated: 2015-08-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-11-30

Brief Summary

Investigate the effects of stretching the muscles of the rib cage in individuals with COPD during exercise.

Detailed Description

To investigate the effects of a stretching program for the muscles of the rib cage or control in patients with COPD during exercise and / or the immediate post-exercise, using the following parameters:

• Tidal volume (VT), respiratory rate (RR), minute volume (MV), inspiratory time (Tins) and expiratory (T exp).
• Change in volumes of total and regional chest magazines (pulmonary rib cage, abdominal rib cage and abdomen).
• Diaphragmatic mobility.
• electrical muscle activity
• endurance time.
• Dyspnea sensation.

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Stretching and Exercise

This group undergo a session of stretching aiming flexibility of the rib cage and later at an exercise test with constant load up to the limit of tolerance for exercise bike

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Stretching

Intervention Type: OTHER

Stretching of the rib cage muscles

Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Constant load exercise on a bike

Control and Exercise

This group will carry out the exercise test with constant load up to the limit of tolerance for exercise bike after a period of rest under the same environmental conditions and the experimental group time. During this time the therapist will place their hands but not performing the stretch.

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type: OTHER

Rest without stretching (sham)

Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Constant load exercise on a bike

Interventions

Stretching

Stretching of the rib cage muscles

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control

Rest without stretching (sham)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Exercise

Constant load exercise on a bike

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Smoking history, occupational or environmental exposure to pollutants and / or symptoms of cough, dyspnea or hypersecretion;
• FEV1 <80% predicted and post-bronchodilator FEV1 / FVC <70% to confirm the diagnosis of airway obstruction not fully reversible bronchodilator therapy;
• Absence of co-morbidities that does not allow the realization of stress (hypertension, severe pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, severe dyspnoea);
• Preserved cognitive functioning;
• Sedentary
• Clinically stable during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with cognitive, hearing or visual deficit;
• Changes in the neuro-musculo-skeletal system which endangers or impairs the assessment;
• Obese
• Not be able to achieve at least three stages of the incremental test.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Adriane Borba Cardim

Degree in Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Adriane Cardim, Graduated

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Other Identifiers

UFPEFT2015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id