The additional effect of inspiratory muscle training as an adjunct to a general exercise training program in patients with COPD with inspiratory muscle weakness will be studied. The main hypothesis is that inspiratory muscle training combined with an exercise training program improves functional exercise capacity more than an exercise training program without the addition of an inspiratory muscle training program.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
72
Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land
Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, Germany
6-Minute walking distance
Time frame: change from the beginning at 3 weeks of a inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program
exercise capacity (constant work rate test)
Time frame: change from the beginning at 3 weeks of a inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program
maximal inspiratory pressure (PImax)
Time frame: change from the beginning at 3 weeks of a inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program
inspiratory muscle endurance capacity
Time frame: change from the beginning at 3 weeks of a inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program
dyspnea
measured via Borg-scale at rest, during 6-minute walking distance, during constant work rate test at iso-time, during inspiratory muscle endurance capacity test
Time frame: change from the beginning at 3 weeks of a inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program
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