A home-based strength training program does not improve dyspnea in patients with COPD, but it does improve some functional capacity and helps patients feel better, a 12-month long.
, but it does improve some functional capacity and helps patients feel better, a 12-month long, HOMEX exercise program shows.
"Our study showed that the HOMEX strength training program had no effect on dyspnea after 12 months in persons with COPD who completed PR, [but] the program improved functional exercise capacity…and many participants reported having perceived positive effects that they attributed to the training," investigators add.A total of 123 patients with COPD were randomly assigned to the intervention group or to the control group. The mean forced expiratory volume in 1 second was 39.
The HOMEX program was a structured, home-based strength training program developed for patients with COPD that could be done following theprogram, with the intention of maintaining the training benefits gained during pulmonary rehabilitation. Participants were instructed to do the exercises 6 days per week for about 20 minutes per day over the 12-month study interval. The dyspnea score dropped from 4.65 to 4.42 from baseline to 12 months in the intervention group compared with a drop from 4.61 to 4.06 in the control group, the investigators reported.
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