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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000002309

Registered date:09/08/2009

Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation on dyspnea, exercise capacity and health status in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete: follow-up complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Date of first enrollment2003/07/01
Target sample size90
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)pulmonary rehabilitation (exercise training, breathing retraining and patients education) for IPF group. pulmonary rehabilitation (exercise training, breathing retraining and patients education) for COPD group.

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcomedyspnea, muscle force, exercise capacity, activities of daily living (ADL) and health status
Secondary Outcome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimumNot applicable
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteriaPatients with collagen vascular disease, occupational lung disease, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other idiopathic interstitial pneumonias were excluded. Others were MRC grade 5, severe orthopedic or neurological disorders limiting exercise performance, unstable cardiac disease, inability to understand or complete questionnaires and previous participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

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Contact

public contact
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Address Japan
Telephone 095-819-7258
E-mail
Affiliation Nagasaki University Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine
scientific contact
Name Ryo Kozu
Address 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki Japan
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Affiliation Nagasaki University Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine