40
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2015
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2016
Standard care
The standard care of stable COPD is based on long-acting bronchodilators (LABD).
Physiotherapy added to standard care
The treatment will be based on domiciliary physiotherapy program during 8 weeks, twice a week added to standard care. The duration of the sessions will be 45-60 minutes. The physiotherapy treatment includes: breathing exercises, electrostimulation in quadriceps with voluntary contraction and exercises with theraband. This will be a home-based program supervised by a physiotherapist.
Department of Physical Therapy, Granada
Universidad de Granada
OTHER