CPET Guided Rehab vs Physiotherapy in Patients With Dysfunctional Breathing
ConditionDysfunctional Breathing
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorEvangelismos Hospital
About this trial
In this study the efficacy of a pulmonary rehabilitation program tailored to the needs of patients with dysfunctional breathing (DB) will be investigated using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The pulmonary rehabilitation program will be compared with physiotherapy which is currently the mainstream therapy of DB.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Dysfunctional breathing (DB) diagnosed with CPET.
Adult patients (>18 years of age)
Able and willing to attend an outpatient multidisciplinary, supervised rehabilitation program of a total duration of two months (8 weeks).
Able and willing to attend 5 physiotherapy sessions over a period of 9 weeks.
Disqualifiers
No underling pathology explaining dyspnea and DB in CPET (e.g normal dead space to tidal volume ratio (VD/Vt) and normal alveolar-arterial (A-a) gradient.)
Patients with COPD
Patients with uncontrolled asthma
Patients with post-exertional malaise (PEM).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Treatment groups
78 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov