Comparison Between Sit-to-stand Test and Six-minute Walk Test in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Procedure: six-minutes walking test; Procedure: sit-to-stand test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02631434

STSTCOPD

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison between sit-to-stand test and six minutes walking test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinically stable for a minimum of 4 weeks
• no recent infectious exacerbations

Exclusion criteria

• musculoskeletal or joint disorders
• contra-indications to perform exercises

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

sit-to-stand

Experimental group

Description:

To perform a sit-to-stand test

Treatment:

Procedure: sit-to-stand test

six minute walking test

Active Comparator group

Description:

To perform a six minutes walking test

Treatment:

Procedure: six-minutes walking test