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

NCT02383277 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: UFPEFT2015
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Endurance tolerance as measured by the duration of the exercise

  Participants will be followed for the duration of the exercise, an expected average of 10 minutes

• Dyspnea as measured by Borg Escale

  Participants will be followed for the duration of the exercise, an expected average of 10 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Diaphragm mobility measured by ultrasound

  Participants will be followed for the duration of the stretching and the exercise, an expected average of 60 minutes

• Volumes of the chest wall measured by pletismography optoelectronic

  Participants will be followed for the duration of the stretching and the exercise, an expected average of 60 minutes

• Muscle electrical activity measured by surface electromyography

  Participants will be followed for the duration of the stretching and the exercise, an expected average of 60 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Stretching and Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: Stretching; Other: Exercise

Control and Exercise

SHAM COMPARATOR

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.

Other: Control; Other: Exercise

Interventions

Stretching OTHER

Stretching of the rib cage muscles

Stretching and Exercise

Control OTHER

Rest without stretching (sham)

Control and Exercise

Exercise OTHER

Constant load exercise on a bike

Control and Exercise; Stretching and Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Adriane Cardim, Graduated

  Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Degree in Physical Therapy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2015
• First Posted: March 9, 2015
• Study Start: November 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2015
• Study Completion: November 1, 2015
• Last Updated: August 11, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-08