Six Minute Walking Test and Breath-holding

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Other: breath-holding

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02235129

6MWTBH

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the relationship between breath-hold time and the distance in a Six Minute Walking Test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease population.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Exclusion criteria

• contra-indication for six minutes walking test
• difficulty to walk
• musculoskeletal disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 1 patient group

6 minutes walking test

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: breath-holding