Downhill Walking Training in COPD

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

• Registration Number: NCT02113748
• Lead Sponsor: KU Leuven

Brief Summary

This randomized control trial will investigate whether a modality that generates more contractile muscle fatigue with lower ventilatory requirements render better results after a 12-week exercise training program in subjects with COPD.

Subjects will be randomized to either exercise in a training program including downhill walking or to exercise in a training program including conventional walking.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-04
• Study Start: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2014-04-15
• Primary Completion: 2015-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with a primary diagnosis of COPD according to internationally accepted guidelines
• Patients referred to the outpatient PR program of Gasthuisberg University Hospital(Leuven, Belgium)

Exclusion Criteria

• Any underlying disease or musculoskeletal limitation that could impair the ability to perform any of the exercise training modalities
• Absence of exacerbations in the previous month before entering the present study
• Patients included on the waiting list for lung transplantation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
changes in 6-minute walking distance	changes from baseline to Week 12

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospitals Leuven; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Vl-Brabant, Belgium