High-Intensity Exercise Training for Bronchiectasis Patients

This trial is testing whether a high-intensity interval exercise program can help people with bronchiectasis—a lung condition where airways become damaged and widened—breathe better and feel stronger. Half of the participants will do high-intensity interval exercise three times a week along with standard airway clearance techniques, while the other half will do airway clearance techniques alone. The study wants to see if adding this type of exercise improves breathing, reduces coughing and fatigue, and gives patients more energy for daily life.

Bronchiectasis causes persistent symptoms like shortness of breath, coughing, and fatigue that limit what patients can do. While airway clearance techniques help, researchers want to know whether adding high-intensity exercise training can provide even greater benefits to breathing, strength, and overall quality of life.