Whole-body Vibration on Mucus Clearance, the Quality of Life, and Exercise Capacity for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Device: A vertical vibration platform PowerVibe Zen Pro 5900; Device: HFCWO

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04952363

KMUHIRB-E(Ⅱ)-20170267

Details and patient eligibility

About

Although whole body vibration (WBV) is mainly designed to promote neuromuscular function, however, because of its vibration characteristics, whether it can provide additional effects on the sputum clearance for chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease patients, thereby improving the quality of life, and exercise capacity is still unknown.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed diagnosis of COPD at the outpatient thoracic medicine clinic
• Need HFCWO as judged by the doctor

Exclusion criteria

• Acute COPD exacerbation within the previous 4 weeks,
• Contraindication for WBVT (e.g., artificial joint replacement, a history of deep vein thrombosis, or known aortic aneurysm)
• Inability to perform squatting exercises
• Acute disc disease
• Inability to complete the 6MWT

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

HFCWO+WBVT

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects received HFCWO+WBVT intervention twice a week for a period of 8 weeks

Treatment:

Device: A vertical vibration platform PowerVibe Zen Pro 5900

Device: HFCWO

HFCWO only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects received HFCWO intervention twice a week for a period of 8 weeks

Treatment:

Device: HFCWO