The ‘heart rate’ for the lungs: evaluating respiratory-specific parameters to optimise exercise prescription for people with chronic lung disease

Dr Hayley Lewthwaite0 个研究点目标入组 30 人开始时间: 2023年2月1日最近更新: 2023年2月6日

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•Are aged 18 years or older
•Self-report being previously diagnosed with COPD by a medical doctor
•Meet spirometric criteria for COPD according to Global initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease criteria (forced expiratory volume in 1-sec to forced vital capacity ratio of <0.70 and/or less than the lower limit of normal)
•Are willing and able to participate in a 6-week exercise training intervention involving cycle exercise

•Have contraindications to lung function testing in accordance with international clinical guidelines13 (American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society; heart attack; lung collapse; blood clot in the lung; aneurysm; eye, chest or stomach surgery; or any history of coughing up significant amounts of blood in the previous 3 months)
•Have significant extra-pulmonary disease that could impair exercise tolerance
•Have an important contraindication(s) to cardiopulmonary exercise testing (e.g., significant cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurological disease)
•Changed their respiratory medication dosage and/or frequency of administration in the preceding two weeks
•Had a disease exacerbation/hospitalisation in preceding six weeks

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Dr Hayley Lewthwaite