Effect of Combined Upper and Lower Extremity Endurance Training Versus Lower Extremity Training Alone on ADL and Walking in COPD Patients

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (3) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic disease with related exercise intolerance and marked disability due to symptoms such as dyspnea and fatigue. Effort intolerance and exercise-induced symptoms cause marked impairment in completing activities of daily living (ADL). Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), which has exercise as a major component, is considered a key treatment in the management of COPD since PR is effective in improving exercise tolerance, exercise-induced dyspnea and fatigue, and health-related quality of life. Rehabilitation is also effective in improving the time required to perform ADLs, reducing symptoms and disability. Studies show that rehabilitation protocols with upper limb exercises added to lower limb training are able to give additional benefits in terms of effort tolerance (endurance time at the arm ergometer and oxygen consumption) and reduction of dyspnea at iso-load. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate whether the combined arm and leg training modality, compared to a gold standard protocol -involving only the lower limbs training- is more effective in improving ADL performance in terms of reduction of exercise time for a specific test (GLITTRE test).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• GOLD class 2-3 COPD

• Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1) between 30% and 70% of the predicted value

• ability to walk and climb stairs without assistance

• stable clinical condition (pH \> 7.35)

Locations
Other Locations
Italy
ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane
RECRUITING
Lumezzane
ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Montescano
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Montescano
ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate
COMPLETED
Tradate
Contact Information
Primary
Mara Paneroni, MSc, PT
mara.paneroni@icsmaugeri.it
0039+030+8253
Backup
Tiziana Bachetti, Pharm
tiziana.bachetti@icsmaugeri.it
+0039+0382+593
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-01-10
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 36
Treatments
Active_comparator: lower limbs (LL) group
These patients will participate in a pulmonary rehabilitation program (usual training) on lower limbs
Experimental: lower plus upper limbs (L+UL) group
These patients will attend a rehabilitation program combining upper and lower extremity training
Sponsors
Leads: Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA

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