Completed
Chest Wall Muscle Stretching and Acute Effects on Volume Variation of Thoracoabdominal Wall and Electromyographic Activity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
What is being tested
Stretching
Procedure
Who is being recruted
Chronic Disease+5
+ Lung Diseases
+ Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Over 40 Years
+14 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Interventional
Study Start: May 2011
Summary
Principal SponsorUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco
Last updated: April 8, 2013
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Study start date: May 1, 2011
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Randomized controlled trial involving patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease evaluated before and immediately after a program of stretching muscles of the rib cage or after resting with time similar to the intervention, as volume variation of thoracoabdominal wall by optoelectronic plethysmography and on the electromyographic activity of accessory muscles of respiration.
Principal SponsorUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco
Last updated: April 8, 2013
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
28 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 40 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Chronic DiseaseLung DiseasesLung Diseases, ObstructivePathologic ProcessesRespiratory Tract DiseasesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsDisease AttributesPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Criteria
10 inclusion criteria required to participate
age above 40 years
body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 29.9 kg / m^2
both sexes
clinical and functional diagnosis of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD, 2009)
Show More Criteria
4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Disease exacerbation for at least eight weeks
cardiovascular or osteoarticular and
participants in pulmonary rehabilitation programs
patients with other respiratory diseases
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
2 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
Active ComparatorThe respiratory muscle stretching were developed bilaterally as follows:
Upper trapezius: head lateral flexion with a hand therapist supports the the occipital region and his shoulder, promotes the stretching;
Sternocleidomastoid: was stretched with flexion lateral and rotation of the head to the side which hands on the occipital region and in the sternal region;
Scalene: with one hand on the occipital region and the other in the sternum, the two points was stretched;
Pectoralis major: the arm was abducted, flexed the forearm and hand was in the occipital region the therapist hands in the arm and in the side of the upper chest, which was stretched craniocaudal direction;
Intercostal: therapist performs with both hands to mobilize and stretch the ribs in cranial-caudal directions.
Group II
No InterventionCOPD patients were not submitted to any intervention, remaining at rest in the same place, position and time period to the treatment group.
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
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CompletedOne Study Center