Chest Mobility Exercises Versus Proprio… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Moderate

Age range

50 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cairo university- faculty of physical therapy

Cairo, Dokki, 12556, Egypt

About this study

The purpose of this study is designed to compare the therapeutic effect of chest mobility exercises and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on improving chest expansion and functional capacity in patients with chronicobstructivepulmonarydisease?

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All patients will have the following criteria:

Age: 50-60 years old
All patients will be in mild to moderate of COPD. In accordance with criteria of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (GOLD I-II).
BMI: obese class 1 (30-34.9).
Sex: male
They suffered from mild dyspnea, chronic cough and expectorations, with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1sec) from 50% to 80% of predicted value.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with the following criteria will excluded from the study:

Severe psychiatric or cognitive impairments.
Progressive neuromuscular disorders.
Decreased level of consciousness.
Unstable fracture.
pacemaker inserted for fewer than 2 days
Deep-venous thrombosis (to minimize risk for pulmonary embolism from being in a prone position.
Mean arterial blood pressure of less than 65 mm Hg with or without vasopressors.
Tracheal surgery or sternotomy in the last 15 days.
Massive haemoptysis.
Intracranial pressure of more than 30 mm Hg or cerebral perfusion pressure of less than 60 mm Hg.

Treatment and study plan

Chest mobility exercises

Other

exercises were repeated 6 times on each side with rest of period for 30 seconds in between. The intervention will be carried out for one week with total of 7 sessions. Each Exercise will be accompanied by breathing pattern. In neutral position of exercises, subjects will be asked to exhale during flexion, turning or extension subject will be asked to do inhale.

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular facilitation

Other

The technique used in this study Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique of hold and relax stretching for isolated clavicular head of the pectoralis major muscle. The subjects sitting on a chair with back support to keep spine in a neutral position and both their arms are extended and hands are placed behind the occipital region. His both arms will be positioned in glenohumeral horizontal extension, and glenohumeral abduction and external rotation with elbow bent to perform stretch position of pectoral muscle. Then ask him to contract the pectoral muscles .This isometric contraction is held for 6 seconds. The patient then relaxed and passive stretch in the opposite direction . and it was repeated 6 times with rest period 30 seconds. The session will be given every day for one week

Primary outcomes

Pulmonary function test

Time frame: One week for each comparator

Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test. It is widely used in the assessment of lung function to provide objective information used in the diagnosis of lung diseases and monitoring lung health Test started at the time of 20 minutes after subjects inhaling 400 μg of salbutamol. The following variables were assessed: FVC, FEV1, inspiratory capacity (IC), and inspiratory reserve volume (IRV)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Chest Mobility Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Feb 21, 2024
Registry last updated: Jul 22, 2024

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