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Lead
Hacettepe University
Individuals diagnosed with COPD between the ages of 40-80 who applied to Ankara Etlik City Hospital Chest Diseases Polyclinic will be included in the study. Healthy individuals will be between the ages of 40-80 who volunteered to participate in the study. Data collection tools will be made by the same researchers.
For calculating the sample size required for the study, a power analysis will be conducted using pilot data after evaluating 10 individuals with COPD and 10 healthy adults.
Age
40–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Being diagnosed with COPD
Being between the ages of 40-80
Being clinically stable (not having had an exacerbation in the last month)
Being able to cooperate with the tests
Not participating in any exercise training studies
Being willing to participate in the study
Being between the ages of 40-80
Not having a known acute or chronic health problem that would prevent the performance of the tests or affect the performance of the tests
Not participating in any exercise training program
Being willing to participate in the study
You may not be if
Having other lung or lung involvement diseases other than COPD
Having uncontrolled hypertension, arrhythmia and a history of myocardial infarction in the last month, unstable angina, advanced heart failure and other cardiac instability conditions
Being hemodynamically unstable
Being on noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) and long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT)
Having a history of neuromuscular disease, scoliosis, chest wall surgery
Having pregnancy and malignancy
Having orthopedic or surgical conditions that would prevent participation in tests
Not willing to participate in the study
Having a known acute or chronic health problem that would prevent the performance of the tests or affect the performance of the tests
