Muscle Training Effectiveness in the Degree of Dyspnea and Aerobic Capacity in COPD
Muscle Training Effectiveness in the Degree of Dyspnea and Aerobic Capacity in COPD
Objective: To estimate the effectiveness of muscle training, the degree of dyspnea and
 aerobic capacity in patients over 50 with COPD, in a health care institution provider in
 Antioquia.

 Question: What is the effectiveness of muscle training, in the degree of dyspnea and aerobic
 capacity in COPD patients over 50 years, in a health service institution provider in the
 department of Antioquia?

 Hypothesis: Muscle training causes changes in the degree of dyspnea and aerobic capacity,
 other than the breathing exercises and relaxation

 Design: Randomized clinical trial with allocation and blinding of the autcomes assesor.

 Participants: COPD patients stage II and II, male and female, over 50 years old, who are
 attending to a community health service provider in the department of Antioquia.

 Intervention: A physiotherapeutic intervention using PNF technique was applied to the
 experimental physiotherapy group versus Yoga sessions applied to the other group. Twelve
 weeks protocol performing three sessions per week.

 Outcome measures: Dyspnea degree and aerobic capacity was measured using the MMRC scale and
 the six minute walking test respectively at the begining and the end of the study.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined by GOLD (The Global Initiative for
 Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) as a disease process characterized by progressive airflow
 limitation associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to particles or
 harmful gases and is not fully reversible. This restriction generates an expiratory flow of
 air entrapment resulting hyperinflation, coupled with the effects that systemic, structural
 changes occur in skeletal muscles which leads to greater fatigue causing dyspnea.
 Consequently, patients with COPD require participation of accessory muscles of respiration,
 which should have a dual function during activities involving the upper limbs, to supply the
 ventilatory requirements and movements of the shoulder girdle, which increases dyspnea
 carrying the patient to stop their activities, leading to physical deconditioning and
 progressively decreasing aerobic capacity. This demonstrates the need to improve the
 resistance of the upper limb muscles in these patients, thus contributing to a reduction in
 the degree of dyspnea and improved their aerobic capacity. The investigators propose a study
 aimed at determining the effectiveness of muscle training in the degree of dyspnea and
 aerobic capacity in COPD.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Men and women over 50 years with a diagnosis of COPD stage II and III according to
 GOLD classification, performed spirometry

 -  Patients who manifest dyspnea on MRC

 -  Patients SGSS affiliates.

 -  COPD controlled, verified medical history

 -  Voluntary participation in informed consent

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Higher mental functions altered

 -  Degenerative musculoskeletal diseases (acute state)

 -  Multisystem disease not controlled

 -  Perform a current fitness program