Muscle Training Effectiveness in the Degree of Dyspnea and Aerobic Capacity in COPD

"The physiotherapeutic intervention was based on the Kabat (PNF) technique. Thirty-three sessions were planed. Each session lasted between thirty and fifty minutes.~The experimental group was guided by a physiotherapist or a physiotherapy student and each session took place in a hospital auditorium provided with oxygen cylinders, chairs and water.~Each session consisted of a warm up and stretch period, a period of resistance training of the upper limbs with their rest periods in which diaphragmatic breathing exercises and finally a cooling period.~The instructions and instruments given to each participant such as weights and elastic bands were the same for all of them."

"The intervention for the other group was the Yoga technique. Thirty-six sessions were planed. Each session was based on breathing, relaxation, and stretching exercises. Each session lasted between thirthy and forty minutes.~The group was led by a Yoga Instructor and each sessions took place in a hospital auditorium provided by oxygen cylinders, chairs and water.~No instruments were needed for this intervention."