Feasibility of Strength Training in Patients Hospitalized Due to COPD

Frederikssunds Hospital, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Weakness; COPD

Treatments: Other: Resistance training in AECOPD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01981200

210977

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the feasibility of progressive unilateral knee-extension strength training using ankle weight cuffs in patients hospitalized due to acute exacerbation in COPD

Full description

We decided that feasibility is indicated if: 1) the absolute training loads increase progressively, 2) more than 80% of the planned training sessions are completed, and 3)if the absolute training loads do not exceed 20 kg (2 x10kg weight cuffs) for 90% of patients.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a primary diagnosis of COPD
• Be admitted to the pulmonary ward due to an exacerbation in COPD
• Provide informed consent to participation in the study
• Be able to maintain an upright position on a chair
• Be able to be guided to training and understand instructions for participating

Exclusion criteria

Patients suffering from diseases that prevents the use of wrist weights such as

• Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
• Erysipelas
• Painful edema of the limbs
• Lack of ability to walk, habitually
• Predicted hospital stay of less than four days as predicted by a pulmonary physician
• Patients admitted Friday night or Saturday morning cannot be stared up within 24 hours of admittance

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Resistance training in AECOPD

Experimental group

Description:

The patients conduct daily training during admission with weight cuff 3 set of 10 rep.

Treatment:

Other: Resistance training in AECOPD