Downhill Walking Training in COPD

NCT ID: NCT02113748

Last Updated: 2014-04-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-30

Brief Summary

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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

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Conditions

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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Downhill walking training

Exercise training including treadmill walking with a negative inclination.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Downhill walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

Walk on a treadmill with a negative inclination.

Conventional walking training

Exercise training including treadmill walking without inclination. Possible to progress training intensity with positive inclinations.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

Walk on a treadmill without inclination. Possible to progress training intensity with positive inclinations

Interventions

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Downhill walking training

Walk on a treadmill with a negative inclination.

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional walking training

Walk on a treadmill without inclination. Possible to progress training intensity with positive inclinations

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Research Foundation Flanders

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

KU Leuven

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Thierry Troosters

Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Thierry Troosters, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

KU Leuven

Locations

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University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Vl-Brabant, Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Belgium

Central Contacts

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Thierry Troosters, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Thierry Troosters, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Camillo CA, Osadnik CR, Burtin C, Everaerts S, Hornikx M, Demeyer H, Loeckx M, Rodrigues FM, Maes K, Gayan-Ramirez G, Janssens W, Troosters T. Effects of downhill walking in pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD: a randomised controlled trial. Eur Respir J. 2020 Sep 17;56(3):2000639. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00639-2020. Print 2020 Sep.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32444407 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ML10278

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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