The effectiveness of home-based balance training combined with a pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomized controlled trial

Phase 2

Recruiting

• Conditions: - Balance performance- Fall risk; Balance performance; Balance training; COPD

• Registration Number: TCTR20190103003
• Lead Sponsor: ์์National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-03
• Study Completion: 2019-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

-Having a diagnosis of COPD according to Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage II or III [i.e. ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second and force vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) < 70% and percentage predicted of forced expiratory volume in one second (%predictedFEV1) between 30 - 79%].
-Able to walk with or without walking aids.
-Having balance impairment assessed by TUG test (>11.2 seconds)

Exclusion Criteria

-Using mechanical ventilator.
-Neurological conditions e.g. stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and peripheral neuropathy, dementia.
-Musculoskeletal conditions which affect postural control e.g. severe arthritis, severe osteoporosis, spinal surgery.
-Symptomatic cardiovascular diseases.
-Uncorrected visual problems e.g. cataract

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Timed Up and Go test (TUG) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program second,Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program points

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Six Minutes Walk Test (6MWT) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program meter,Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program percentage,COPD assessment test-Thai version (CAT-TH) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program point,Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale (mMRC) before and after 8 weeks of intervention program scale,The BODE index before and after 8 weeks of intervention program point