An interventional study of conventional breathing therapy and reflectory breathing therapy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, sponsored by Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 45 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-11-23.
Sponsored by Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine whether different types of breathing therapies in patients with COPD III-IV decrease dyspnea and increase activity.
In the treatment of COPD-Patients different kinds of breathing therapy techniques are used, but many of them are not reassessed yet.
Dyspnea is one of the predominant symptoms of COPD patients and has negative impacts on the activity of the patients. Dyspnea during exertion leads to avoiding activity and results in a deconditioning of muscles and of the cardiovascular system.
Thus breathing therapy techniques seem to be useful, which may lead to a decrease of dyspnea and an increase of activity.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether reflective breathing therapy is more effective on decreasing dyspnea and increasing activity than conventional breathing therapy.
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Exclusion Criteria:
first: conventional breathing therapy, second: reflectory breathing therapy
Other: conventional breathing therapy
first: reflectory breathing therapy second: conventional breathing therapy
Other: reflectory breathing therapy
duration: 60 minutes.
duration: 60 minutes.
Change in BORG-Scale
Instrument for self-reported dyspnea; modified BORG-scale ranges from 1 (no dyspnea) to 10 (maximum dyspnea).
Time frame: Change from pre (minute o) in BORG-scale at directly post intervention (minute 60)
Change in residual volume
measured by a portable spirometry device
Time frame: change from pre (minute 0) in residual volume at post (minute 60) intervention
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