Effects of Home-Based Breathing Exercises in Subjects With COPD

Role of breathing exercises in hyperventilating subjects.

Evaluation of the Effects of Home-Based Deep Breathing Exercises in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Ad dress for Cor res pon den ce/Ya z›fl m a Ad re si: Arzu Genç MD, Dokuz Eylül University School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Izmir, Turkey Gsm: +90 533 510 21 72 E-mail: [email protected] Re cei ved/ G e liş ta ri h i: 05.07.2011 Ac cep ted/ K a bul ta ri h i: 19.10.2011 The abstract of this study has been presented as a poster at the 45th National Congress of Neurology in 10-15...

Comparing Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Nursing on Fatigue and quality of life in Patients with COPD

  Background & Objective:The aim of the present study is to compare the effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation nursing care on Fatigue and QOL in patients with COPD. Materials & Methods: This study was a semi experimental research. The samples were consisted of 36 patients who were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria into control and experimental groups through random...

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training and Calisthenics-and-Breathing Exercises in COPD With and Without Respiratory Muscle Weakness.

BACKGROUND Patients with COPD may experience respiratory muscle weakness. Two therapeutic approaches to the respiratory muscles are inspiratory muscle training and calisthenics-and-breathing exercises. The aims of the study are to compare the effects of inspiratory muscle training and calisthenics-and-breathing exercises associated with physical training in subjects with COPD as an additional b...

Breathing exercises: influence on breathing patterns and thoracoabdominal motion in healthy subjects

BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying breathing exercises have not been fully elucidated. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of four on breathing exercises (diaphragmatic breathing, inspiratory sighs, sustained maximal inspiration and intercostal exercise) the on breathing pattern and thoracoabdominal motion in healthy subjects. METHOD Fifteen subjects of both sexes, aged 23 ± 1.5 years old a...