exercise activity during the COVID pandemic is appreciated to be conducted in home especially for chronic chest diseases as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the chance of viral contamination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
40 COPD men will be divided to exercise group (20 patients) and control group (20 patients):
the exercise group will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training
at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in
addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated
three times per week for eight weeks.
The control group will not be trained
Behavioral: exercise group
the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
Other: control group
the control group will not be trained
Inclusion Criteria:
- stable COPD patients
- patients who will have a training device as bicycle or treadmill in home
Exclusion Criteria:
- diabetic patients
- renal patients.
- liver diseases
Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University
Giza, Dokki, Egypt
Investigator: Ali Ismail, lecturer
Contact: 02 01005154209
allooka2012@gmail.com
Ali Ismail, lecturer
02 01005154209
allooka2012@gmail.com
Ali Ismail, lecturer, Principal Investigator
Cairo University