Downhill Walking to Enhance Training Effects in Patients With COPD

KU Leuven1 site in 1 country42 target enrollmentApril 2014

ConditionsPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Sponsor: KU Leuven
Enrollment: 42
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: changes in 6-minute walking distance
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 2014

End Date

April 2015

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

KU Leuven

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Thierry Troosters

Prof.

KU Leuven

Eligibility Criteria

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