Inspiratory muscle training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the state of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of the present review was to assess the quality of evidence in the literature regarding the specific benefits of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) with an emphasis on training intensity and the relationships between changes in inspiratory muscle function and other clinical outcome measures.

Methods

Articles were found by searching CINAHL, PubMed, Medline via First Search, and ProQuest databases. Articles used in the review were randomized trials of IMT vs. sham IMT or no intervention, published in English in a peer-reviewed journal, included patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and specified the intensity of training. The quality of the studies was evaluated by 2 independent reviewers using the methodological rigor scale described b

SUBMITTER: Shoemaker MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2845249 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature