What is the effect of steppen (stepping on and off at aerobicsstep) at quality of live, endurance, hospitalization stay and muscle strenght of the quadriceps and circumference of the calf muscles during hopitalized COPD exacerbation relative to the standard therapy?
Completed
- Conditions
- AECOPD10024967COPD
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43306
- Lead Sponsor
- Zuyderland Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 102
Inclusion Criteria
COPD
AECOPD
Smokers historie
Older 40 years
Last 10 days no hospitalisation for AECOPD
Exclusion Criteria
pneumonia
organ falilure
COPD - GOLD IV with hypercapnia
Other pulmonary diseases
Neurological diseases so that the intervention can not be performed
Diseases movement disorder movement so that the intervention can not be performed
Lungcancer
More than 4 AECOPD last year
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Quality of live<br /><br>- hospitalization duration<br /><br>- quadriceps muscle strength<br /><br>- endurance<br /><br>- circumcense of calf muscle </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-minimum number of step minutes which needed to be able to measure significant<br /><br>difference at variables investigated</p><br>