Short term effects of MET programme in patients diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a randomised controlled trial.
Background: Muscle Energy Techniques have been reported to provide beneficial effects on range of movement in multiple musculoskeletal dysfunctions. Noting these physiological effects and clinical recommendations, the effects of METs are given importance through investigations on their input in mana...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 3 - 10 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2025
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=182506659&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 182506659 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21679169 FSGO jtl: European Journal of Physiotherapy issn: 21679169 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2025 vid: 27 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 182506659 175175982 182506659 182506659 10.1080/21679169.2024.2310496 182506659 ppf: 3 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Short term effects of MET programme in patients diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a randomised controlled trial. aug: au: Sevasta, Kimberley Agius, Tonio P. Sciriha, Anabel affil: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, Malta sug: subj: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Rehabilitation Manual Therapy Methods Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Methods Treatment Outcomes Respiration Evaluation Thorax Physiology Exercise Tolerance Evaluation Activities of Daily Living Evaluation Human Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Comparative Studies Male Female Middle Age Aged Respiratory Muscles Respiratory Function Tests Clinical Assessment Tools Questionnaires Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design Spirometry Forced Expiratory Volume Vital Capacity Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software One-Way Analysis of Variance Unpaired T-Tests Post Hoc Analysis Confidence Intervals Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background: Muscle Energy Techniques have been reported to provide beneficial effects on range of movement in multiple musculoskeletal dysfunctions. Noting these physiological effects and clinical recommendations, the effects of METs are given importance through investigations on their input in managing COPD symptoms. The maintenance of such outcomes has though not been investigated. Therefore, the aim is to look into the short-term effects, 4-week post completion of the intervention, on pulmonary function, chest measurements, exercise tolerance and ADLs. Method: This paper reports outcomes from a randomised controlled trial. 108 patients with COPD were recruited and assigned to 2 groups. The intervention group underwent a 4-week MET programme applied to the accessory muscles of respiration. The control group on the other hand continued with standard medical treatment. Outcome measures were assessed at baseline, at the 4th week time point on completion of the intervention, and again 4 weeks after. The outcome measures were performed in both groups which consisted of the pulmonary function tests, 6-min walk test (6MWT), chest measurements and the Manchester Respiratory Activities of Daily Living (MR-ADL) questionnaire. Results: Significant improvements were observed after 4 weeks from cessation of MET intervention when compared to baseline for pulmonary function measures (p < 0.001), chest measurements (p < 0.001) and ADLs (p < 0.001), in subjects enrolled in the intervention group. Conclusions: Significant short-term effects in outcome measures following 4 weeks from completion of the MET programme were observed in the intervention group. Clinical trial registration: The study was clinically registered in ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04773860) pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|