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Objective: To explore the short- and long-term effects of lower-limb endurance training on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outpatients.
Design: Prospective quasi-experimental study.
Setting: 1383-bed teaching hospital in Taiwan.
Participants: Overall, 69 outpatients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were enrolled. A total of 60 patients completed the study.
Intervention: Training group: Lower-limb endurance training; control group: Education only.
Main Measures: The modified medical research council score, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test score, pulmonary function test, and number of acute exacerbation within a year.
Results: The training group showed significant improvement in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test total score, modified medical research council score (both < 0.001) at third month sustaining to 12th month ( < 0.001) and presented less events of acute exacerbation ( = 0.011) at 12th month. The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test decreased by 8 points sustaining to 12th month. The training group presented significant post-training functional capacity improvements in 6-min walking distance, lowest oxygen saturation during 6-min walking test, peak workload, maximum inspiratory/ expiratory pressures, and calf circumference.
Conclusions: The lower-limb endurance training improved perceived dyspnea in daily activity and health status after completion of training and sustaining for a year. The lower-limb endurance training alleviated disease impacted on reduced acute exacerbations.
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