Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Guided Physiotherapy During Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Dysfunctional Breathing, a Randomized Controlled Trial
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
In this study the efficacy of a pulmonary rehabilitation program tailored to the needs of patients with dysfunctional breathing (DB) will be investigated using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The pulmonary rehabilitation program will be compared with physiotherapy which is currently the mainstream therapy of DB.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Dysfunctional breathing (DB) diagnosed with CPET.
• Adult patients (\>18 years of age)
• Able and willing to attend an outpatient multidisciplinary, supervised rehabilitation program of a total duration of two months (8 weeks).
• Able and willing to attend 5 physiotherapy sessions over a period of 9 weeks.
• Sign an informed consent.
Locations
Other Locations
Greece
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services Evangelismos Hospital
RECRUITING
Athens
Contact Information
Primary
Andreas Asimakos, MD, PhD
silverakos@gmail.com
+302132043395
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-11-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-11-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 78
Treatments
Experimental: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Group
Patients with Dysfunctional Breathing participating in an individualized Rehab Program that will combine exercise and breathing retraining
Experimental: Physiotherapy Group
Patients with dysfunctional breathing in this group will receive respiratory physiotherapy (breathing retraining)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Evangelismos Hospital