Urban Walking Circuits

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Interventions: Other: rehabilitation more the urban circuit; Other: rehabilitation program but not given urbane circuits

• Registration Number: NCT01854008
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital de Mataró

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of walking urban circuits in increasing the level of physical activity and exercise capacity in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients after being enrolled in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-04
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

• severe COPD (post-bronchodilator Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/ Forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.7 and FEV1 <50%) and stable disease defined as no exacerbation, hospital admission or change in treatment in the previous three months.

Exclusion Criteria

• The exclusion criteria were: other significant respiratory disease (bronchiectasis, lung fibrosis, asthma, etc.), active smoking, severe cardiovascular, neurological, musculoskeletal and/or metabolic pathology that could interfere with the results, alcoholism (>80g/day) or severe malnutrition (BMI<19kg/m2).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
rehabilitation program more the urban circuit	rehabilitation more the urban circuit	One group, the urban circuit group (UCG), received a triptych that included urban walking circuits,the remaining patients formed the non circuit group (NCG).These circuits can be obtained on the website http://www.mataro.cat/web/portal/ca/salut/salut_publica/itineraris/index
rehabilitation program non circuit group .	rehabilitation program but not given urbane circuits	One group, the urban circuit group (UCG), received a triptych that included urban walking circuits,the remaining patients formed the non circuit group (NCG)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
walked in meters in the six minute walking test (6MWT)	Unlike walking meters of baseline and one year	The 6MWT was standardized following international recommendations. Oxygen saturation and heart rate were recorded throughout the test using a pulsioximeter (Digit ® Finger Oximeter, Smiths Medical PM, USA). Dyspnea was evaluated using the modified Borg scale at the beginning and end of the test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eulogio Pleguezuelos; 🇪🇸 Mataro, Barcelona, Spain