Walking Speeds in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

West Park Healthcare Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual and Fast Walking Speeds

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01768754

Goldstein_Walk_COPD

Details and patient eligibility

About

A growing body of evidence suggests that in individuals with chronic lung disease their walk speed is related to their daily function and quality of life. It is possible to assess their usual (routine) and fast walking speeds by getting them to walk in a flat hallway.

In individuals with chronic lung disease, we anticipate that their usual walk speed will be helpful in exercise prescription and use in multidimensional scoring systems. However, it is important to first determine the measurement properties of these two walk speeds.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical and spirometric diagnosis of COPD
• Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unstable cardiovascular disease
• Acute respiratory exacerbation within 4 weeks
• Neurologic or orthopedic limitation to walking
• Inability to comprehend instructions in English

Trial design

29 participants in 1 patient group

COPD patients

Description:

Usual and Fast Walking Speeds

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual and Fast Walking Speeds