Exercise Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Behavioral: NO Exercise Training; Behavioral: Home exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01218282

ExTCOPD01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise training is the key component of respiratory rehabilitation.The success of long-term program resides in the integration between exercise prescription and patients'compliance with home training. This can be difficult for patients, especially in terms of understanding the exercise intensity.

This study is designed to evaluate different methods of exercise training at home, to help understanding and maintaining the walking intensity in COPD patients. Outcome: exercise performance, daily physical activity and respiratory function.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD patients. All patients are at stable state, free from an exacerbation from at least 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• COPD patients with a recent history of cardiovascular disease and other diseases that would interfere with exercise performance.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 3 patient groups

Home Exercise Training Group A1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients assigned to this arm maintain the prescribed walking speed during the training with a metronome

Treatment:

Behavioral: Home exercise training

Home Exercise Training Group A2

Experimental group

Description:

Patients assigned to this arm cover a fixed distance in a given period of time.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Home exercise training

Control

No Intervention group

Treatment:

Behavioral: NO Exercise Training