PMID- 37944827
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240108
LR  - 20240108
IS  - 1532-3064 (Electronic)
IS  - 0954-6111 (Linking)
VI  - 221
DP  - 2024 Jan
TI  - Elastic tape reduces dyspnea and improves health status in the short term in 
      nonobese COPD males: A randomized controlled trial.
PG  - 107459
LID - S0954-6111(23)00347-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107459 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The elastic tape (ET) is a novel intervention that 
      acutely improves exercise capacity in laboratory tests; however, its effect on a 
      patient's daily life remains unknown. This randomized controlled trial evaluated 
      the effects of ET on daily life physical activity (DLPA), dyspnea symptoms, 
      health status, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in individuals with 
      COPD. METHODS: Fifty males with moderate to very severe COPD were randomly 
      assigned to an intervention group (ETG, n = 25), receiving ET on the chest wall 
      and abdomen, or a control group (CG, n = 25). The intervention was for 14 days. 
      DLPA (accelerometry; steps per day, and sedentary time), dyspnea symptoms 
      (transition dyspnea index, TDI; and modified Medical Research Council, mMRC), 
      health status (COPD assessment test, CAT), and health-related quality of life 
      (HRQoL, CRQ) were evaluated at baseline and on Day 21 after the intervention. 
      RESULTS: No change in the DLPA was observed in between-group comparison. CG 
      presented a reduction in step counts after 21days (-707,p <0.05) while ETG. 
      maintained (-114,p > 0.94). However, ET reduced dyspnea symptoms in all TDI 
      domains (functional, task, and effort) and on the mMRC scale after 14 days 
      compared with CG (p < 0.01). Also, the ETG improved CAT score compared to the CG, 
      reaching minimal clinical important difference (MCID) (-4.4 score, p <0.01). The 
      ETG also improved in most CRQ domains reaching MCID after 21 days. CONCLUSIONS: 
      ET does not modify DLPA but reduces dyspnea and improves health status and HRQoL 
      in nonobese males with moderate to very severe COPD in the short term. This novel 
      and low-cost intervention improves COPD symptoms.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Santos, Eloise Arruda Dos
AU  - Santos EAD
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Pinto, Thiago Fernandes
AU  - Pinto TF
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Xavier, Rafaella Fagundes
AU  - Xavier RF
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Stelmach, Rafael
AU  - Stelmach R
AD  - Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Clinics Hospital, School of 
      Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Carvalho-Pinto, Regina Maria
AU  - Carvalho-Pinto RM
AD  - Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Clinics Hospital, School of 
      Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes de
AU  - Carvalho CRF
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao 
      Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: cscarval@usp.br.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20231108
PL  - England
TA  - Respir Med
JT  - Respiratory medicine
JID - 8908438
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - *Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/complications/therapy/diagnosis
MH  - Dyspnea/etiology/therapy/diagnosis
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Exercise
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COPD
OT  - Dyspnea
OT  - Elastic tape
OT  - Health status
OT  - Physical activity
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - Relieve symptoms
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2023/11/10 00:44
MHDA- 2024/01/08 06:43
CRDT- 2023/11/09 19:18
PHST- 2023/06/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/10/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/11/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/08 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/11/10 00:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/11/09 19:18 [entrez]
AID - S0954-6111(23)00347-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107459 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Respir Med. 2024 Jan;221:107459. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2023.107459. Epub 2023 Nov 
      8.