Efficacy of Different Types of Physical Activity Interventions on Exercise Capacity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Network Meta-Analysis

A network meta-analysis (NMA) was performed to determine the effects on the exercise capacity, measured by the 6 MWT, of patients with COPD of (i) different physical activity interventions and (ii) supervised or unsupervised programs. A literature search was carried out from inception to April 2022....

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-11, Vol.19 (21), p.14539
Main Authors: Priego-Jiménez, Susana, Torres-Costoso, Ana, Guzmán-Pavón, María José, Lorenzo-García, Patricia, Lucerón-Lucas-Torres, María Isabel, Álvarez-Bueno, Celia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerobics
Airway management
Bias
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical trials
Collaboration
Dyspnea
Exercise
Exercise Tolerance
Humans
Intervention
Lung diseases
Medical prognosis
Meta-analysis
Mortality
Musculoskeletal system
Network Meta-Analysis
Obstructive lung disease
Patients
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Pilates
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Quality assessment
Quality of Life
Rehabilitation
Systematic Review
Walking
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Summary:A network meta-analysis (NMA) was performed to determine the effects on the exercise capacity, measured by the 6 MWT, of patients with COPD of (i) different physical activity interventions and (ii) supervised or unsupervised programs. A literature search was carried out from inception to April 2022. Randomized controlled trials of the effectiveness of physical activity on exercise capacity in patients with COPD were included. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias (RoB 2.0) tool, and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation tool (GRADE) was used to assess the quality of the evidence. A pairwise meta-analysis for direct and indirect effects was carried out. A total of 41 studies were included in this NMA. The highest effects were for urban training pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs (ES, 1.50; 95% CI: 0.46 and 2.55) versus the control group. For supervised and unsupervised PR and home-based PR programs, the highest effects were found for supervised PR (ES, 0.85; 95% CI: 0.46 to 1.23) versus the control group. PR implemented with urban circuit training should be considered the most effective strategy to improve exercise capacity in patients with COPD. Supervision of the programs improves exercise capacity.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph192114539