Balance Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Roger Goldstein

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Balance training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01424098

Goldstein_OTSBalanceRCT_2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

A growing body of evidence suggests that individuals with chronic lung disease have important deficits in balance control that may be associated with an increased risk of falls. The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a balance training program on measures of balance and fall risk in people with chronic lung disease.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of COPD; a self-report of decline in balance or fall in the last 5 years or a recent near fall; smoking history greater than 10 pack years; and are able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to communicate because of language skills, hearing or cognitive impairment; and evidence of a neurological or musculoskeletal condition that severely limits mobility and postural control (e.g., cerebrovascular accident, advanced Parkinson's disease, amputation).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Balance Training

Experimental group

Description:

The treatment group will complete a specific balance training program in addition to conventional pulmonary rehabilitation.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Balance training program

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will undergo the usual pulmonary rehabilitation program offered at our centre with no additional balance training classes.