Evaluation of Cardiac Variability After a Vitamine D Protocol and Whole Body Vibration

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Copd; Aging
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: vitamine D; Other: whole body vibration (WBV)

• Registration Number: NCT03679325
• Lead Sponsor: Maíra F Pessoa

Brief Summary

Evaluation of heart rate variability in time and frequency domains, in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) after 03 months of vitamine D supplementation and whole body vibration (WBV) training

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-30
• Status Verified: 2018-09
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-19
• Study First Posted: 2018-09-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-09-24
• Study Completion: 2018-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 59

Inclusion Criteria

• COPD or healthy elderly sedentary according to International Physical Activity Questionnaire
• BMI between 22.9 and 28 kg/m2
• COPD with clinical-functional diagnosis of the disease according to Gold
• ex-smokers

Exclusion Criteria

• Older patients with COPD who had episodes of exacerbation in the last three months
• Who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation programs in the last year
• Who used home oxygen therapy
• Patients with COPD-associated comorbidities
• Who were taking vitamin D

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
vitamine D	vitamine D	a dose once a week
vitamine D	whole body vibration (WBV)	a dose once a week
vitamine D placebo	whole body vibration (WBV)	a dose once a week

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate variability	before and immediately after the chronic intervention	evaluation of time and frequency domains

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Federal University of Pernambuco; 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil