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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
Plasma inflammatory biomarkers response to aerobic versus resisted exercise training for chronic obstructive
Shehab M Abd El-Kader1, Osama H Al-Jiffri2, Fadwa M Al-Shreef2
1Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University.
Background:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a main risk for morbidity, associated with alterations in systemic inflammation. Recent studies proved that morbidity and mortality of COPD is related to systemic inflammation as it contributes to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. However, increase of inflammatory cytokines adversely affects quality of life, alteration in ventilatory and skeletal muscles functions. Moreover, exercise training has many beneficial effects in correction of the adverse effects of COPD.
Objective:
This study aimed to compare the response of inflammatory cytokines of COPD to aerobic versus resisted exercises.
Materials And Methods:
One hundred COPD diseased patients participated in this study and were randomly included in two groups; the first group received aerobic exercise, whereas the second group received resisted exercise training for 12 weeks.
Results:
The mean values of TNF-α, Il-2, IL-4, IL-6 and CRP were significantly decreased in both groups. Also; there was a significant difference between both groups at the end of the study with more reduction in patients who received aerobic exercise training.
Conclusion:
Aerobic exercise is more appropriate than resisted exercise training in modulating inflammatory cytokines level in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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