Research Article

Effect of Liuzijue Exercise Combined with Elastic Band Resistance Exercise on Patients with COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Comparisons of quality of life assessed by SGRQ.

CG (n=17)LG (n=16)LEG (n=17)
PrePostPrePostPrePost

Symptom, score55.94 ± 16.9259.88 ± 20.3259.13 ± 18.4532.31 ± 17.8653.18 ± 15.9920.82 ± 10.64
Impact, score30.71 ± 15.0337.94 ± 17.6829.50 ± 20.2916.94 ± 14.0131.06 ± 14.8616.65 ± 10.99
Activity, score45 ± 17.2252.71 ± 24.4345.56 ± 19.5429.63 ± 14.1745.71 ± 14.3333 ± 9.11
Total, score39.18 ± 14.9645.76 ± 16.7739.38 ± 17.6923.5 ± 11.8239.18 ± 12.8222.47 ± 7.97

SGRQ, St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire; CG, control group; LG, Liuzijue exercise group; LEG, Liuzijue exercise combined with elastic-band resistance exercise group.
Notes: data was expressed as mean ± SD. The paired samples t-test was used for comparisons within group, and the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Bonferroni test were used for comparisons among groups. The significance level was set at P<0.05. Difference was significant between the control group and the intervention group in all domains of SGRQ (P < 0.01), while no significant difference has been found between the two training groups.
< 0.05, comparisons are significant within groups. < 0.01, comparisons are significant within groups.