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Lead
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Age
35–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
People over the age of 35
with stable COPD (having had no exacerbation needing antibiotics or steroids in the preceding four weeks) with breathlessness on Medical Research Council (MRC) scale of 3 or above who decline Pulmonary rehabilitation (MRC 3 is defined as "walks slower than contemporaries on level ground because of breathlessness, or has to stop for breath when walking at own pace").
You may not be if
History of spontaneous pneumothorax
incomplete recovery from a traumatic pneumothorax
asthma
known recently perforated eardrum
unstable angina
ventricular dysrhythmias
cerebral event or myocardial infarction within the last two months
not oral antibiotics or steroids for COPD exacerbation within the last four weeks
