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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2014 Aug 30:14:142.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-142.

Mobile-phone-based home exercise training program decreases systemic inflammation in COPD: a pilot study

Chun-Hua Wang  1 , Pai-Chien Chou, Wen-Ching Joa, Li-Fei Chen, Te-Fang Sheng, Shu-Chuan Ho, Horng-Chyuan Lin, Chien-Da Huang, Fu-Tsai Chung, Kian Fan Chung, Han-Pin Kuo
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Mobile-phone-based home exercise training program decreases systemic inflammation in COPD: a pilot study

Chun-Hua Wang et al. BMC Pulm Med. .

Abstract

Background: Moderate-intensity exercise training improves skeletal muscle aerobic capacity and increased oxidative enzyme activity, as well as exercise tolerance in COPD patients.

Methods: To investigate whether the home-based exercise training program can reduce inflammatory biomarkers in patients with COPD, twelve patients using mobile phone assistance and 14 with free walk were assessed by incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT), spirometry, strength of limb muscles, and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and inflammatory cytokines.

Results: Patients in the mobile phone group improved their ISWT walking distance, with decrease in serum CRP after 2 months, and sustained at 6 months. Patients in the control group had no improvement. Serum IL-8 in the mobile phone group was significantly reduced at 2, 3 and 6 months after doing home exercise training compared to baseline. IL-6 and TNF-α were significantly elevated at 3 and 6 months in control group, while there were no changes in mobile phone group. The strength of limb muscles was significantly greater compared to baseline at 3 and 6 months in the mobile phone group.

Conclusions: A mobile-phone-based system can provide an efficient home endurance exercise training program with improved exercise capacity, strength of limb muscles and a decrease in serum CRP and IL-8 in COPD patients. Decreased systemic inflammation may contribute to these clinical benefits. (Clinical trial registration No.: NCT01631019).

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Figure 1
Incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) was performed in the mobile phone group (N = 12) and the control group (N = 14) at baseline and after 1, 2, 3, 6 months. The sample size was 12 in the mobile phone group and 14 in the control group at each time point. Results are shown as mean ± SE. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared to the baseline. #P < 0.05 compared to the control group.
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Figure 2
Plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured in the mobile phone group and control group at baseline, 1, 2, 3 and 6 months. The sample size was 12 in the mobile phone group and 14 in the control group at each time point. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001compared with the baseline level of corresponding group. #P < 0.05 compared to the control group.
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Figure 3
Plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-8 were measured at baseline, 1, 2, 3 and 6 months in the mobile phone group (n = 12) and the control group (n = 14). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared to the baseline level of the mobile phone. #P < 0.01 compared to the control group at the same time point.
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Figure 4
Plasma levels of (A) tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and (B) interleukin (IL)-6 were measured at baseline, 1, 2, 3, 6 months in both groups. The sample size was 12 in the mobile phone group and 14 in the control group at each time point. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 ***p < 0.001 compared to the baseline levels of the control group.
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