Dyspnea Threshold During 6 Minutes Walk Test (SD6)

5 Santé

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Other: Patient has to get up his hand when he defined his dyspnea threshold during 6MWT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02082925

FVIE_SD6

Details and patient eligibility

About

In view of the multiple limitations and restrictions relative to CPET (technical, time, physical...), determination of individualized training threshold from this evaluation is today not possible for a lot of patients.

The aim of this study was to propose a new clinical tool from 6MWT for individualized exercise training: the dyspnea threshold (DT6).

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD
• with or without rest and/or ambulation oxygen therapy

Exclusion criteria

• exacerbation in the previous four weeks
• with a restrictive or mixed respiratory syndrome, angina , recent heart attack (< 1 month) or coronary progressive pathology
• under beta-blockers
• cognitive or motor problems which limit significantly comprehension or achievement of evaluations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 1 patient group

COPD patient

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Patient has to get up his hand when he defined his dyspnea threshold during 6MWT