30
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2015
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2018
Upper extremity aerobic exercise training
"Training group will receive upper extremity aerobic exercise training using arm ergometer at 50-80% of maximal heart rate and breathing exercises.~Training will exercise with arm ergometer 3days/week, for 6 weeks with the assistance of a physiotherapist. Training workload will be undercontrol both using target heart rate and Modified Borg dyspnea scale. Training group will also perform breathing exercises 120 times/day, 7 days/week, for 6 weeks."
Alternative upper extremity exercises
"Control group will receive alternative upper extremity exercises and breathing exercises. Control group will perform alternative upper extremity exercises 3days/week, for 6 weeks and also breathing exercises 120 times/day, 7 days/week, for 6 weeks.~Control group will be followed-up by telephone once a week."
Gazi University, Ankara
Gazi University
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