exercise activity during the COVID pandemic is appreciated to be conducted in home especially for chronic chest diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the chance of viral contamination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
40 COPD men will be divided to exercise group (20 patients) and control group (20 patients): the exercise group will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks. The control group will not be trained
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
the control group will not be trained
Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
Giza, Dokki, Egypt
RECRUITINGcortisol
it will be measured in plasma
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
hospital anxiety and depression scale
this a questionnaire that will assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
pulmonary function test
it will be a measurement for lung volume and capacities
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
Interleukin-8
It is an inflammatory marker in plasma
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
body mass index
it will measure body mass changes
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
six minute walking test
it assess functional capacity
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
St. George's respiratory questionnaire
It assess the effect of COPD on general quality of life
Time frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training
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