[PDF] Top 20 Interval exercise versus continuous exercise in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN11611768]

... both interval and continuous training improved exercise capacity, dyspnoea and HRQL and showed insignificant differences between interval and continuous ...that interval or ... See full document

... of exercise at 80% of WR peak estimated. During the exercise phase, work will be considered maximal if the patient cannot maintain the imposed peddling frequency (60±5 revs/min) for 10 s and/or if the ... See full document

... aerobic exercise capacity in women with CAD, using an RCT study design, was unfeasible in a standard outpa- tient CR ...both study arms, rendered the study insuffi- ciently powered to ... See full document

... in severe COPD patients more closely than continuous exercise ...in interval exercise training compared to continuous exercise training, metabolic response during ... See full document

... among patients who have already developed moderately or severely symptomatic COPD, while little attention has been paid to earlier stages of the disease or before it has ...in exercise capacity, ... See full document

... Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of disability and hospital ...and exercise had the potential to improve lung function more than exercise ... See full document

... a study by Costi and colleagues [54] (a RCT published in 2009 on unsupported training in patients with ...the study by Lacasse and colleagues [75] gave 17 patients in each ...the trial, ... See full document

... of patients for whom measurements of health status were available at that ...fewer patients remained in the study as it progressed Time from start of inhaled treatment ... See full document

... small study by Emtner et al. [8] used a double-blind placebo controlled randomised study design and showed that the group that received supplemental oxygen (n = 14) achieved higher training ... See full document

... of exercise training depend largely on the type, intensity and volume of the exercise stimulus ...of exercise prescription in other chronic diseases has been moderate-intensity ... See full document

... g versus mono- therapy for the overall ...observed versus olodaterol 5 μ g, but not tiotropium 5 μ ...Asian patients included in this study limits the interpretation of this ...placebo-treated ... See full document

... step oximetry test: patient monitoring/data collection Step testing was performed while the subject was moni- tored with the metabolic cart of the cycle ergometry CPET device. The step oximetry device was built by the ... See full document

... formalise patients ’ goals rather than helping to elicit new ...way patients present their goals prior to the review would also have to be considered ... See full document

... original protocol [3]) included supplement safety and an estimate of effect size and 95% confidence intervals for inflammatory biomarkers, pul- monary function (spirometry, impulse oscillometry (IOS), gas transfer ... See full document

... predicted. Pulmonary hypertension severe enough to cause cor pulmonale and right ventricular failure due to COPD typically occurs in individuals who have marked decreases in FEV1 (<25% of predicted) and ... See full document

... Respiratory muscle unloading may also improve the oxygen supply to lower-limb muscles. 28 This effect may be due to the ability of acupuncture to reduce myostatin gene expression, leading to muscle satellite cell ... See full document

... (29.4%) patients, although HOT was initi- ated at the same time (ie, no delay) in 21 ...(24.7%) patients and delayed by 1 year in 39 ...the pulmonary function tests, management, and CPET variables ... See full document

... clinical trial (RCT) comparing different intensities of exercise training in adults with insufficient PA with a large age range and different ethnic groups are clinically relevant because it can provide ... See full document

... our protocol was lower than in the previous studies, we did perform a pilot study to determine the minimum number of individuals to participate in this protocol to minimize type I and II ...by ... See full document

... the patients underwent both in baseline condition and 30 minutes after the inhalation of albuterol (400 mcg by metered-dose inhaler plus spacer) pulmonary function tests (spirometry, maximal flow/volume ... See full document