Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation Change Self-Selected And Maximum Sustainable Walking Speed In Patients With Lung Disease?

NCT00781183 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: D6255L00002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Exercise training has been shown to reduce breathlessness and improve the exercise tolerance of people with lung disease. However, the effect of exercise training on the walking speed selected by these people during day-to-day life is unknown. Furthermore,the investigator do not know if exercise training changes the maximum speed that these people can walk at for a long period of time. This study will examine the relationship between walking speed and walking endurance before and following exercise training in people with lung disease and contribute importantly to our understanding of how patients choose to walk in relation to their capabilities.

Conditions

COPD; Chronic Lung Disease

Keywords

COPD; rehabilitation; walking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Endurance walk time (EWT) defined as the time a patient can walk at a self-selected speed until they first need to stop and rest

  Pre and post pulmonary rehabilitation

• The maximum sustainable walk speed (MSWS) defined as the maximum speed that a patient walk for at for > 24 minutes

  Pre and post pulmonary rehabilitation

Study Arms (1)

pulmonary rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

patients that are enrolled in pulmonary rehabilitation

Other: pulmonary rehabilitation

Interventions

pulmonary rehabilitation OTHER

6-weeks of in-patient pulmonary rehabilitation or 12-weeks of out-patient pulmonary rehabilitation

pulmonary rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients referred to pulmonary rehabilitation with symptomatic chronic lung disease

You may not qualify if:

• Co-morbid conditions that adversely affect exercise capacity or participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program; inability to provide written informed consent; weaning doses of oral corticosteroids or methylxanthines

Sponsors & Collaborators

• West Park Healthcare Centre: lead

Study Sites (1)

West Park Healthcare Centre

Toronto, Ontario, M6M 2J5, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Dolmage TE, Evans RA, Hill K, Blouin M, Brooks D, Goldstein RS. The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on critical walk speed in patients with COPD: a comparison with self-paced walks. Chest. 2012 Feb;141(2):413-419. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-1059. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

  PMID: 21778262 DERIVED

• Evans RA, Hill K, Dolmage TE, Blouin M, O'Hoski S, Brooks D, Goldstein RS. Properties of self-paced walking in chronic respiratory disease: a patient goal-oriented assessment. Chest. 2011 Sep;140(3):737-743. doi: 10.1378/chest.10-3104. Epub 2011 Mar 10.

  PMID: 21393393 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Roger S Goldstein, MD

  West Park Healthcare Centre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Directory Respiratory Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 27, 2008
• First Posted: October 28, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: December 21, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-12

Locations

CA (1)