77
Participants
Start Date
April 1, 2013
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2017
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) was conducted according to the guidelines of the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (Nici et al., 2006; Spruit et al., 2013). Physical training was conducted over 24 sessions supervised, three times a week. The program included aerobic training in treadmill (with 30 min load determined by the dyspnea sensation - 4 to 6 on the modified Borg scale) and localized training for upper limbs with free weights or elastic bands (movements performed based on the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation diagonals, performed in two series, lasting two minutes each) and lower limbs (quadriceps and triceps sural) with free weights and/or in the bodybuilding station.
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre
University of the State of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis
Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
OTHER
University of the State of Santa Catarina
OTHER