Respiratory Muscle Exercise Training in COPD Patients

The Effectiveness of Multi-respiratory Muscle Training on Respiratory Function in Patients With COPD

COPD patients often suffer from dyspnea and exercise intolerance which lower their quality of life.The aim of this proposed study is to examine the effectiveness of multi-respiratory muscle training on respiratory function of COPD patients.

The respiratory muscle training is an important part of pulmonary rehabilitation. Subjects will be recruited from the chest medicine clinic of a medical center in Northern Taiwan, randomly assigned to control and experimental groups by severity status for a 12-week muscle training intervention.The outcome measures will be performed to evaluate respiratory function, depression status and quality of life at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of training.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Must be stable
• Never participate in respiratory muscle trainig program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infection or acute excerbation condition
• Abdominal surgical
• Severe neuromuscular, cardiac disease or dementia