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Title : Quality of life response to resistive airflow training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Abstract
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the quality of life response to resistive airflow training in patients with chronic obstructive disease. Subjects: 60 male patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with age ranged from 45-55 years enrolled in the study for twelve weeks. They were from El-Sahel Teaching Hospital outpatient chest clinic and were assigned into two groups with equal numbers. Both groups received traditional chest physical therapy in the form of relaxed positions, breathing retraining exercises (diaphragmatic, pursed lip breathing ),and postural drainage ,in addition to resistive airflow training using expand-a-lung for study group for twelve weeks . The FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, 6MWT(walking distance and SPO2),and HRQL was measured for the two groups before and after 12 weeks of training. Results: There was significant increase of all ventilatory functions (FVC 21.67%{u2191},FEV1 36.3%{u2191},and EFV1/FVC 12.31%{u2191}), 6MWT(walking distance 91.21%{u2191} and SPO2 4.34%{u2191}),and HRQL 75%{u2193} with the study group when compared with the control group .conclusion: Resistive airflow training with expand-a-lung is an effective rehabilitative method for COPD patients in combination with traditional chest physical therapy improves HRQL, walking distances, peripheral oxygen saturation as well as ventilatory functions