Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are reported to have cardiovascular instability which leads to greater limitation for activities there by leads to poor quality of life. Physical training proved to be one of the moderators of these limitations. However, uncertainty prevails among the protocol and duration. The present study investigated the effect of physical training on blood pressure, heart rate and Rate pressure Product (RPP) among COPD patients. A total of thirty COPD patients aged between 40 to 55 years were recruited for the study based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were assigned in to experimental group (15 patients) and control group (15 patients). The mean difference of blood pressure, heart rate and RPP were analyzed using paired t-test. There was significant difference between the pre and post test values of all parameters between experimental and control group with p<0.05. Diastolic blood pressure showed to be less significant compared to the systolic blood pressure. This showed that specifically designed physical improved the cardiovascular fitness among COPD patients.
Physical Training Improved Cardiovascular Fitness Level among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
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Pesakit Penghalang Pulmonari Kronik (PPK) dilaporkan mengalami fungsi kardiovaskular tidak stabil yang membataskan aktiviti dan menjejaskan kualiti hidup. Latihan fizikal telah dibuktikan bertindak sebagai salah satu moderator ke atas batasan aktiviti tersebut.Bagaimanapun, protokal dan durasi latihan fizikal masih belum difahami sepenuhnya. Kajian ini menyiasat kesan latihan fizikal ke atas tekanan darah, kadar dengupan jantung dan Hasil Darab Kadar Tekanan bagi pesakit PPK. Sejumlah tiga puluh pesakit PPK yang berumur antara 40 hingga 55 tahun direkrut untuk kajian berdasarkan kriteria serta dan singkir dan dibahagikan kepada kumpulan eksperimen (15 pesakit) dan kumpulan kawalan (15 pesakit). Min beza tekanan darah antara bacaan sebelum dan selepas ujian dianalisa menggunakan ujian-t. Terdapat perbezaan signifikan bagi semua parameter antara kumpulan eksperimen dan kumpulan kawalan dengan p<0.05. Tekanan darah diastolic adalah kurang signifikan berbanding tekanan darah sistolik. Ini menunjukkan bahawa aktiviti fizikal yang direka khas meningkatkan tahap kecergasan kardiovaskular pesakit PPK.
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