Vibration Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-Patients During a Three-week Rehabilitation

Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments

Procedure: whole body vibration training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01380652

BGL-Ga-SW-0810

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the change of physical activity in COPD-patients performing a whole body vibration training additional to a standard three-week rehabilitation program in comparison to patients performing merely a standard rehabilitation program.

Enrollment

72 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease III/IV

Exclusion criteria

Severe exacerbations in the last 4 weeks prior to begin of study (definition of exacerbation: symptoms on more than 3 days with a relevant change in drug therapy (cortisone, antibiotics))
Severe disease other than COPD, that could influence the results of the study
Abuse of alcohol or drugs
Simultaneously participation in another study
Tachypnea (>30/min)
Severe exacerbation during rehabilitation
Cardiac insufficiency (NYHA IV)
Myocardial infarction during the last 6 weeks
Mental-health problem
Pregnancy
Known HIV-infection
Slipped disk
Acute discopathy
Acute thrombosis
Implants in trained regions of the body (lower extremities)
Acute inflammation of the locomotor system, active arthrosis or rheumatoid arthritis
Acute tendinopathy in trained regions of the body
Acute hernia
Fresh fractures, wounds or scars in trained regions of the body
Gallstones or stones in the urinary tract collection system