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Lead
Zhujiang Hospital
The patients with COPD will participate in a rehabilitation program for 8 weeks. Participants in the proposed study will be randomly programmed into one of three intervention groups:
1. Cycle training program alone (performing on calibrated stationary cycle ergometer).
2. Combined cycle training and inspiratory muscle training(performing on calibrated stationary cycle ergometer and threshold loading device).
3. Neither cycle training nor inspiratory muscle training.
Age
40–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
* moderate to severe airflow obstruction (30≤ Forced Expiratory Volume At One Second(FEV1) \<80% predicted and Forced Expiratory Volume At One Second/Forced Vital Capacity(FEV1/FVC)\<70%)
* Complaints of dyspnea on exertion
* Clinically stable condition
* No participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program in the last year.
You may not be if
Patients were excluded if they had evidence of asthma and/or had experienced a major exacerbation in the 2 months before enrollment
Required home oxygen therapy or experienced oxyhemoglobin desaturation below 85% with exercise
And/or had other health problems that would interfere with exercise.
