A prospective supervised RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) will be done include elderly COPD patients assigned randomly into two groups; Group A performed Physical therapy program, and Group B is control group completed two daily sessions from day 1 of hospital admission till discharge from the hospital .The study duration will be 12 weeks
Age
65–78
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with acute exacerbation of COPD in both gender
Patient older than 65 years
Patient with clear consciousness
Patients had been diagnosed with shortness of breath or dyspnea that was not caused by heart disease, pneumothorax, or pulmonary edema
You may not be if
Patient with systolic blood pressure lower than 90 mmHg
Patient with an unstable psychological status, hemoptysis, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema