The Six-minute Stepper Test as an Outcome Measure of Exercise Tolerance During Pulmonary Rehabilitation in With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients(STEPPER)?

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Pulmonary rehabilitation assessed with six-minute walk test and six-minute stepper test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01759199

RB 11-157 STEPPER

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to show if the six-minute stepper test (ST6) is a sensible marker of exercise tolerance evolution during a pulmonary rehabilitation program in people with all stages of severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Full description

Currently, the reference test in assessing functional capacity in COPD patients during pulmonary rehabilitation is the six-Minute Walking Test (6MWT). However, the realization of the 6MWT requires a 30m-long corridor, according to the American Thoracic Society Guidelines. Lack of sufficient space can prevent the realization of 6MWT, especially for private practitioner pulmonologists, and also in hospitals. The six-minute stepper test (ST6) which can be performed in a normal room, should be an interesting alternative.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with COPD wtih all stages of severity
• Hospitalized in the pulmonary rehabilitation unit in the hospital of Morlaix, with a 3 weeks pulmonary rehabilitation course

Exclusion criteria

• Pneumonectomy, Lobectomy less than 6 months
• orthopedic problem
• Balance disorder
• Weight > 110kg

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 1 patient group

The six minute Stepper Test

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental : The six minute Stepper Test with a Conventional respiratory rehabilitation

Treatment:

Procedure: Pulmonary rehabilitation assessed with six-minute walk test and six-minute stepper test