Whole Body Vibration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: COPD

• Registration Number: NCT01850173
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital de Mataró

Brief Summary

The investigators designed the current study with the main objective of determining whether Whole Body Vibration Training (WBVT) alone improves muscular force and/or modifies the functional capacity parameters in severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients referred to a rehabilitation programme.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Status Verified: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• severe COPD defined as a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1)/ forced vital capacity (FVC) < 0.7 and FEV1 < 50% predicted,
• stable disease defined as no exacerbation,
• hospital admission or change in treatment in the previous 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

• other significant respiratory disease (bronchiectasis,
• lung fibrosis, asthma, etc),
• active smoking,
• severe cardiovascular,
• neurological, and/or metabolic pathology that could interfere with the results,
• total hip, knee or ankle arthroplasty,
• previous vitreous haemorrhage,
• severe alcoholism (> 80 g/day) and
• severe malnutrition (BMI < 19 Kg/m2) to reduce the risk of falling and dropouts.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
isokinetic knee flexor and extensor testing muscular force	basal, 3 months follow up	the change between basal - and 3 months follow up.
distance performed in the six minutes walking test (6MWT)	Basal, 3 months follow up	the change between basal - and 3 months follow up.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
respiratory muscular strength was assessed with maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximum expiratory pressure (MEP)	Basal, 3 month follow up	the change between basal - and 3 months follow up.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eulogio Pleguezuelos; 🇪🇸 Mataró, Barcelona, Spain