Effect of Different Form of Upper Limb Muscles Training on Dyspnea in COPD (REHABSUP)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Other: Endurance training; Other: Strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03611036

REHABSUP (29BRC18.0070)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effect of upper limbs strength training versus the effect of upper limbs endurance training, on dyspnea, in patients with COPD during a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Enrollment: 280 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with stage 2 to 4 (A to D) COPD admitted to a pulmonary rehabilitation program (4 weeks)
• Patient aged 18 or over
• Patient able to consent and having signed a consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Patient with pain, osteoarthritis or shoulder surgery
• Patient with a history of Pneumonectomy, lobectomy less than 6 months old
• Refusal of participation
• Patient with an inability to complete a pulmonary rehabilitation program in totality
• Pregnant or breast-feeding women
• Patient under tutorship or curatorship

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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280 participants in 2 patient groups

Strength

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will follow the pulmonary rehabilitation program associated with upper limbs strength training for a duration of 4 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Strength training

Endurance

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients will follow the pulmonary rehabilitation program associated with upper limbs endurance training for a duration of 4 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Endurance training