Effects of BBT Versus Diaphragmatic Breathing on Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients With COPD

Riphah International University48 enrolled

Overview

Group A will be treated with manual chest physical therapy and Buteyko breathing technique Group-B will be treated with manual chest physical therapy and Diaphragmatic breathing technique. Patients will perform the technique 5 times a weeks for 8weeks and treatment evaluation will be done after 8 weeks

A randomized clinical trial will be conducted at Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore through convenience sampling technique on 48 patients which will be allocated through simple random sampling through sealed enveloped into group A and group B. Pre-treatment values of patients exercise capacity will be recorded by 6MWT/6MWD- 6 minute walk test/ 6 minutes' walk distance and patients quality of life through St George respiratory questionnaire as primary outcomes while oxygen saturation, heart rate will be measured by pulse oximtery during 6MWT as secondary outcomes. Group A will be treated with manual chest physical therapy and Buteyko breathing technique Group-B will be treated with manual chest physical therapy and Diaphragmatic breathing technique. Patients will perform the technique 5 times a weeks for 8weeks and treatment evaluation will be done after 8 weeks. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software version 25.After assessing normality of data by Shapiro-Wilk test , it will be decidedeither parametric or non-parametric test will be used.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Breathing Technique

Interventions

Buteyko breathing techniqueOTHER

Group A : will be treated with manual chest physiotherapy \& Buteyko Breathing exercise

Diaphragmatic breathing technique.OTHER

Group B : will be treated with manual chest physiotherapy \& Diaphragmatic Breathing Treatment evaluation will be done after 8 weeks through 6MWT \& St George respiratory Questionnaire. Patients will perform technique 5 times a weeks for 8 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age group : 40-65 years * Both males and females * Clinical diagnosis of COPD confirmed by smoking history and PFT airflow * Patients taking their regular medications e.g bronchodilator Exclusion Criteria: * Restrictive lung disease * Pneumothorax * Resting O2 saturation \<90% with room air breathing * Recent exacerbations * Patients with active viral or bacterial infection * Abdominal or thoracic surgery (\<3months ago) * Cardiologic conditions (\<6months ago e.g Myocardial infarction or unstable angina * Intubated Patients * Orthopedic or urogenital conditions * Neurological disorders limiting cognition \& mobility

Locations (1)

Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

6 Minute Walk Distance

Distance will be measured in meter through 6 minute walk test.

Time frame: 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes

St George Respiratory Questionnaire for quality of life :

St George Respiratory Questionnaire/SGRQ is a well established disease specific for health status in asthma and COPD (26).A total three component scores are provided , symptoms (8 items) , activity (16 items) and impacts (26 items), 50 items vary as likert type scale and dichotomus (true/false). In the symptom component , patients are instructed to recall their symptoms in a specific time frame of 1 month , 3 months or 1 year. Other items are not time specific.Scores ranged from 0 ( no impairment ) to 100 ( worst health status)

Time frame: 4 weeks.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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