Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of singing for lung health in patients with COPD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Singing for Lung Health (SLH) was non-inferior to physical exercise training in improving 6-minute walking test distance (6MWD) and quality of life (St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)) within a 10-week pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme for COPD in our recent randomised controlled trial (RCT) (NCT03280355). Previous studies suggest that singing improves lung function, respiratory control and dyspnoea, however this has not yet been convincingly confirmed. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the impact of SLH on physiological parameters and the associations with achieving the minimal important difference (MID) in 6MWD and/or SGRQ.

Methods

We conducted post hoc, per-protocol analyses mainly of the SLH group of the RCT, exploring associations with 6

SUBMITTER: Kaasgaard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature