BACKGROUND
WHO has included COPD in the global action plan of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. To help relieve this global health burden, we studied the comparative effectiveness of “breathing control” and “pursed lip breathing exercises” techniques on the expiratory flow rate of COPD patients.

METHODOLOGY
We performed a randomized control trail by selecting 40 patients of COPD from mayo hospital of Pakistan and divided them randomly into 2 groups A and B
Group A received breathing control exercises treatment while group B received pursed lip breathing exercise treatment. Treatment frequency was 3 times a week for 2 weeks.

RESULT

Patients in group B showed marked improvement as compared to group A.

CONCLUSION
This study concluded that pursed lip breathing exercise proved to be more advantageous in raising the PEFR of COPD patients.