Chair-based and Standard Exercise Programs in People With COPD

NCT06201299 | Recruiting

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

Brief Summary

Patients who are diagnosed with COPD by a pulmonology specialist and referred to pulmonary rehabilitation will be included in the study. Cases that meet the inclusion criteria will be randomized and divided into two groups, standard exercise program group (SGr) and chair-based exercise. program group will be called (ChGr). While standard exercises will be given to SGr, chair-based exercises will be applied to ChGr. All evaluation and initial training sessions of the cases will be held in the hospital. Apart from this, they will be asked to do their exercises at home with the exercise videos that will be sent to them. In order to ensure that home exercises are performed completely and correctly, 2 sessions of online simultaneous exercise training will be provided with a physiotherapist via videoconference on a smartphone, and exercise follow-ups will be carried out by calling once a week. The program duration is 8 weeks, 5 days a week.

Conditions

COPD; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Exercise capacity assesment

  The 6-minute walking test will conduct in a 30-meter corridor in line with American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines. Participants will ask to walk as far as they can. Prior to and following the test, oxygen saturation, heart rate and Borg fatigue rating will measure, and the walking distance will record.

  Change from baseline at 2 months

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Dyspnea evaluation

  Change from baseline at 2 months

• Respiratory muscle strength measurement

  Change from baseline at 2 months

• Peripheral muscle strength measurement

  Change from baseline at 2 months

• Evaluation of quality of life

  Change from baseline at 2 months

• Evaluation of fatigue

  Change from baseline at 2 months

Study Arms (2)

Chair-based Exercise Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Exercises will be performed with chair support.

Other: Chair-based Exercise Program

Standard Exercise Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Exercises will be performed using theraband.

Other: Standard Exercise Program

Interventions

Standard Exercise Program OTHER

The program content consists of breathing exercises, upper and lower extremity strengthening with theraband and self-walking. Chest, abdominal and lateral basal breathing exercises will be performed 10 times each. Resistance exercises will be performed as strengthening exercises for the major muscle groups of the upper and lower extremities using medium-hard theraband. Patients will be asked to walk 30 minutes a day on flat ground at 60% workload, for periods calculated according to the 6-minute walk test results (land-based walking).

Standard Exercise Group

Chair-based Exercise Program OTHER

The program content consists of breathing exercises and chair-supported exercises. Chest, abdominal and lateral basal breathing exercises will be performed 10 times each. Chair exercises are given in the exercise brochure. Exercises are performed with a chair support or sitting on a chair. In addition, patients will be asked to walk 30 minutes a day on flat ground at 60% workload, for periods calculated according to the 6-minute walk test results (land-based walking).

Chair-based Exercise Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being between the ages of 18-75 years
• Having a diagnosis of COPD diagnosed according to clinical diagnostic criteria according to the American Thoracic and European Respiratory Societies (ATS-ERS).
• Presence of dyspnea on exertion

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with severe comorbid diseases, unstable coronary artery disease, collagen vascular diseases and requiring high-flow oxygen therapy (˃ 3-4 L\\min).
• A history of exertional syncope or the presence of any comorbidities (such as severe orthopedic or neurological deficits or unstable heart disease) that preclude exercise training.
• Having participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation program within the last 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul Medipol University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yedikule Chest Disease Hospital

Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, 34200, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Central Study Contacts

ESRA PEHLİVAN

CONTACT

09050585279; fztesrakambur@yahoo.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 30, 2023
• First Posted: January 11, 2024
• Study Start: January 20, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: May 1, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Locations

TU (1)