The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training in Different Slope Types on Exercise Capacity, Respiratory Functions, Muscle Strength, and Functional Status in COPD Patients

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease that continues to generate a great deal of research and this research must continue, both because it is not completely curable and because of the large patient population. The importance and benefits of exercise training in COPD patients are clear. One of the most preferred types of exercise training is the so-called aerobic exercise training, which typically takes the form of walking. A typical walking training does not use a slope or may include an uphill slope. However, recently there have been publications about downhill walking and its benefits in COPD. Walking on a level, uphill, and downhill slope may have the potential to result in different gains by using different muscle groups more. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of walking training on exercise capacity, respiratory functions, muscle strength, and functional status in COPD patients with three different slope types: level, uphill, and downhill.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 40
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Being diagnosed with COPD (A, B, E groups according to GOLD assessment)

• Ambulate on your own

• Not having any contraindications for exercise

• To be mentally appropriate (score 24 points and above in the mini mental test)

Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
RECRUITING
Istanbul
Contact Information
Primary
Meryem Bektaş Karakuş, Res Asst.
meryem.bektas@acibadem.edu.tr
+90 216 500 4195
Backup
Alis Kostanoğlu, Assoc. Prof.
Akostanoglu@bezmialem.edu.tr
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-09
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-06-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 51
Treatments
Active_comparator: Level walking
It will walk at a 0-degree slope (0) throughout the research.
Experimental: Downhill walking
It will walk at a 10-degree downhill slope (-10) throughout the research.
Experimental: Uphill walking
It will walk at a 10-degree uphill slope (+10) throughout the research.
Sponsors
Leads: Acibadem University
Collaborators: Bezmialem Vakif University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov