Chest Mobility Exercises Versus Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Patients With COPD

Korábbi kezelés

• Tracheal surgery or sternotomy in the last 15 days.

Más betegség

• Severe psychiatric or cognitive impairments.
• Progressive neuromuscular disorders.
• Deep-venous thrombosis (to minimize risk for pulmonary embolism from being in a prone position.

Egyéb

• Patients with the following criteria will excluded from the study:
• Decreased level of consciousness.
• Unstable fracture.
• pacemaker inserted for fewer than 2 days
• Mean arterial blood pressure of less than 65 mm Hg with or without vasopressors.
• Massive haemoptysis.
• Intracranial pressure of more than 30 mm Hg or cerebral perfusion pressure of less than 60 mm Hg.

• All patients will have the following criteria:
• Age: 50-60 years old
• All patients will be in mild to moderate of COPD. In accordance with criteria of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) (GOLD I-II).
• BMI: obese class 1 (30-34.9).
• Sex: male
• They suffered from mild dyspnea, chronic cough and expectorations, with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1sec) from 50% to 80% of predicted value.