Randomized feasibility study of twice a day functional electrostimulation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalized for acute exacerbation.
Introduction:Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective intervention for individuals who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The adequate intensity, components, and number of sessions are difficult to determine, specifically in patients who have severe ventilatory limitations in order t...
| Published in: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 1360 - 1368 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec 2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153686420&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153686420 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09593985 BCJ jtl: Physiotherapy Theory & Practice issn: 09593985 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec 2021 vid: 37 iid: 12 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 153686420 153686420 153686420 10.1080/09593985.2019.1694611 153686420 ppf: 1360 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Randomized feasibility study of twice a day functional electrostimulation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalized for acute exacerbation. aug: au: Lopez-Lopez, Laura Torres-Sanchez, Irene Rodriguez-Torres, Janet Cabrera-Martos, Irene Cahalin, Lawrence P. Valenza, Marie C. affil: Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain sug: subj: Electric Stimulation Methods Severity of Illness Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Therapy Acute Disease Hospitalization Program Evaluation Treatment Outcomes Human Randomized Controlled Trials Random Sample Comparative Studies Pretest-Posttest Design Pilot Studies Functional Status Quadriceps Muscles Physiology Exercise Physical Therapy Descriptive Statistics Two-Way Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Funding Source Kruskal-Wallis Test Data Analysis Software Confidence Intervals Aged Middle Age Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: Introduction:Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective intervention for individuals who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The adequate intensity, components, and number of sessions are difficult to determine, specifically in patients who have severe ventilatory limitations in order to produce true physiological training effects without adverse events. Objective:Our aim is to assess the feasibility and possible effects of a daily versus a twice-daily functional electrostimulation program in hospitalized individuals who have a severe COPD. Methods:In this randomized controlled trial, 48 severe patients with COPD were randomized into three groups: Control Group (CG; n = 16), daily functional electrostimulation group (DFEG; n = 15) or twice-daily functional electrostimulation group (TFEG; n = 17). The main outcome measures were quadriceps strength, symptoms at rest and after exercise, and adverse events measured before and after the intervention. Results:After eight sessions, DFEG and TFEG showed significant differences when compared to the CG in all measured variables at discharge (p ≤.001), no adverse events were observed in any of the treatment groups. Significant improvements were found in strength (p ≤.05) between DFEG and TFEG groups. However, lower limb function did not present significant differences in spite of the fact that the mean change favored the TFEG (23.53 ± 3.53 vs. 19.56 ± 11.89). Conclusion:Further examination of twice per day functional electrostimulation in hospitalized patients with COPD with acute exacerbation appears warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Unknown language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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