DETERMINE HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH COPD BY DECREASING TINTENSITY OF THE RESTLESS SYNDROME
Patients with restless legs syndrome can benefit greatly from aerobic exercise, and a novel treatment for enhancing quality of life is laser puncture therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Patients in this group were instructed to sit on a stationary bicycle ergometer. The patients will be given explained the aerobic interval exercise training program and the intensity will be assessed using a modified Borg scale
This group's patients were all exposed to LLLT utilising Phyaction CL Phyaction, Bilzen, Belgium, which had the following specs: frequency 500 Hz, output 5-20 MW, wavelength 905 nm. For five minutes, a laser probe was applied to acupuncture sites
Ola Mohamed Elsayed Elgohary
Alexandria, Egypt
Restless Legs Syndrome Rating Scale (IRLS):
Developed as a tool for assessing the severity Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), the 10-item questionnaire asks respondents to use Likert-type ratings to indicate how acutely the disorder has affected them over the course of the past week. Questions can be divided into one of two catego- ries: disorder symptoms (nature, intensity, and frequency) and their impact (sleep issues, distur- bances in daily functioning, and resultant changes in mood)
Time frame: 3 month
Fatigue severity scale (FSS):
The FSS is a short questionnaire that requires you to rate your level of fatigue. The FSS questionnaire contains nine statements that rate the severity of your fatigue symptoms. Read each statement and circle a number from 1 to 7, based on how accurately it reflects your condition during the past week and the extent to which you agree or disagree that the statement applies to you
Time frame: 3 month
Six mint walk test:
the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a key study providing a functional, therapeutic response, and prognostic data that is valuable in the care of patients with respiratory as well as cardiac diseases. It is used widely due to its simplicity and reproducibility,
Time frame: 3 month
Hemoglobin Test:
Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, a protein that is rich in iron. It transports oxygen throughout the body from the lungs.
Time frame: 3 month
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