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Vol. 43. Issue 8.
Pages 431-438 (January 2007)
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Comparison of 2 Methods for Inspiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Víctor Bustamante Madariagaa,b,
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VICTOR.BUSTAMANTEMADARIAGA@hbas.osakidetza.net

Correspondence: Dr. V. Bustamante Madariaga. Servicio de Neumología. Hospital de Basurto. Avda. Montevideo, 18. 48013 Bilbao. España
, Juan B. Gáldiz Iturrib,c, Amaia Gorostiza Manterolac, Jesús Camino Bueyc, Nancy Talayero Sebastiánc, Víctor Sobradillo Peñab,c
a Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Basurto, Osakidetza, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain
b Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
c Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Cruces, Osakidetza, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
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Objective

The aim of this study was to compare the use of threshold and resistive load devices for inspiratory muscle training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A randomized prospective trial was designed to compare use of the 2 devices under training or control conditions.

Patients and Methods

Thirty-three patients with moderate or severe COPD were randomly assigned to home treatment with a threshold device, a resistive load device, or a control situation in which either of those devices was maintained at a minimum load throughout the study. Training was performed daily in 2 sessions of 15 minutes each for 6 weeks. In the patients who underwent training with threshold (n=12) and resistive load (n=11) devices, the loads used were adjusted weekly until the maximum tolerated load was reached to ensure that the interventions were as equivalent as possible. Respiratory function, respiratory muscle function, and quality of life were assessed before and after training and the different inspiratory pressure profiles were compared between training groups.

Results

Both peak inspiratory pressure and scores on the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ) improved in the groups that received inspiratory muscle training compared with control subjects: maximal static inspiratory pressure increased from 86 cm H 2O to 104.25 cm H2O (P < .01) in the threshold device group and from 91.36 cm H2O to 105.7 cm H2O (P < .01) in the resistive load device group. The resistive load group showed the largest increase in CRQ quality-of-life scores. Differences between the dyspnea score on the CRQ at the beginning and end of the training period were as follows: 3 points in the resistive load group, 2.58 in the threshold group, and 2.5 in the control group. Significant differences in duty cycle measured during training sessions were observed between groups at the end of training (0.31 in the threshold group and 0.557 in the resistive load group), but the mean pressure-time index was similar (0.11) in both groups because of the greater peak and mean inspiratory pressures in the threshold device group.

Conclusions

Load readjustment allowed equivalent training intensities to be achieved with different inspiratory pressure profiles. Our study demonstrated the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training without control of breathing pattern but showed no superiority of one training method over another.

Key words:
Respiratory muscle training
COPD
Respiratory muscles
Quality of life
Rehabilitation
Objetivo

Con el objetivo de comparar el entrenamiento muscular respiratorio (EMR) con dispositivos de umbral de presión (U) y de carga resistiva (CR) en pacientes con enfer-medad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), se ha diseña-do un estudio prospectivo y aleatorizado que incluyó ambas modalidades y un grupo control (C).

Pacientes Y MÉtodos

Los 33 pacientes con EPOC grave-moderada incluidos se asignaron aleatoriamente a realizar entrenamiento en el domicilio con un dispositivo de U, de CR o un nivel mínimo de ambos durante 6 semanas, a razón de 2 sesiones diarias de 15 min. En los grupos U (n = 12) y CR (n = 11) se ajustó semanalmente la carga hasta la máxima tolerada como estrategia más equitativa para no favorecer a ningún grupo. Se exploraron medidas de función respiratoria, musculares y de calidad de vida antes y después del EMR y se compararon los patrones de presión en el entrenamiento.

Resultados

Mejoraron las presiones inspiratorias máximas y las puntuaciones del cuestionario para enfermedad respirato-ria crónica (CRQ) en U y CR respecto a C: la presión inspira-toria estática máxima pasó de 86 a 104,25 cmH2O (p < 0,01) en el grupo U, y de 91,36 a 105,7 cmH2O (p < 0,01) en CR, que fue el grupo que presentó mayores incrementos en áreas de ca-lidad de vida del CRQ. La diferencia respecto a la disnea fue de 3 puntos en CR, de 2,58 en U y de 2,5 en C. Se observaron diferencias significativas entre grupos en el ciclo respiratorio durante el EMR (de 0,31 en U, frente a 0,557 de CR), si bien las mayores presiones pico y media en U rindieron índices presión-tiempo finales equivalentes: de 0,11 en U y de 0,11 en CR.

Conclusiones

Mediante el reajuste de carga se consiguie-ron intensidades de entrenamiento equivalentes con patrones de presión diferentes. Nuestro planteamiento demostró la efi-cacia de un EMR no controlado, pero no la superioridad de una modalidad de entrenamiento sobre otra.

Palabras clave:
Entrenamiento muscular respiratorio
EPOC
Músculos respiratorios
Calidad de vida
Rehabilitación
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