Validity and Reliability of 6-minute Pegboard and Ring Test in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

NCT06948916 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024 - 1688
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are a heterogeneous group of chronic respiratory diseases that cause significant mortality and morbidity worldwide, characterized by diffuse inflammation in the lung parenchyma and vascular structures, can progress to fibrosis, have known or unknown etiology, and can develop secondary to systemic autoimmune connective tissue diseases other than diseases where the primary pathology is in the lung. The 6-minute peg-board and ring test, which was first developed to determine the upper extremity exercise capacity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, is an exercise test used to evaluate upper extremity functional exercise capacity in different lung diseases. It has been determined that there is no study on the validity and reliability of this test in individuals with ILD.

Conditions

Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD); Exercise Capacity; Upper Extremity

Keywords

Interstitial lung diseases; Exercise Capacity; Upper extremity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Upper extremity functional exercise capacity

  To evaluate upper extremity functional exercise capacity, 6-minute pegboard and ring tests will be applied twice with 15-30 minute intervals. Before the test, individuals will be seated and rested for at least 10 minutes. Individuals will be provided with detailed information about the application of the test before the test. Patients will be informed not to interfere with rings that fall during the test and to continue the test. It will be explained that they can stop and rest if they feel too uncomfortable to continue the test, but this time will be included in the test duration. Before the actual test, subjects will be allowed to move up and down one loop as a practice to learn the test procedure. As a test result, the total number of rings worn at the end of six minutes will be recorded in numbers.

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Upper Extremity Maximal Exercise Capacity

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

• Upper extremity activities of daily living

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

• Dyspnea

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

• Respiratory Muscle Strength

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

• Peripheral muscle strength

  Trough study completion, an average of 1 year

Study Arms (1)

Patients with ILD

Patients diagnosed with ILD according to ATS/ERS criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Female and Male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients diagnosed with ILD

You may qualify if:

• Patients diagnosed with ILD according to ATS/ERS criteria,
• Ages between 18 and 75,
• Pulmonary infection during the previous month,
• Participants who voluntarily participated in the study were included.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients were excluded if they had:
• Acute pulmonary exacerbation or respiratory infection in the last four weeks
• Obstructive lung disease
• Systemic conditions affecting neurological, neuromuscular, orthopedic, or physical functions
• Recent participation in a planned exercise program (within three months)
• Cognitive impairment affecting exercise test understanding
• Contraindications to exercise testing per the American Sports Medicine Association
• Cancer, renal, or hepatic disease
• Aortic stenosis, complex arrhythmia, or aortic aneurysm
• Serious cardiovascular diseases like uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, or arrhythmia

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Unit

Ankara, 06490, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Links

• Celli BR, Rassulo J, Make BJ. Dyssynchronous breathing during arm but not leg exercise in patients with chronic airflow obstruction. New England Journal of Medicine. 1986;314(23):1485-90.
• Zhan S, Cerny FJ, Gibbons WJ, Mador MJ, Wu Y-W. Development of an unsupported arm exercise test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 2006;26(3):180-7.
• Kahraman BÖ, Özsoy İ, Tanrıverdi A, Akdeniz B, Özpelit E, Şentürk B, et al. Validity and reliability of the 6-minute pegboard ring test in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Türk Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi. 2020;31(2):210-7.
• Calik-Kutukcu E, Tekerlek H, Bozdemir-Ozel C, Karaduz BN, Cakmak A, Inal-Ince D, et al. Validity and reliability of 6-minute pegboard and ring test in patients with asthma. Journal of Asthma. 2022;59(7):1387-95.
• Takeda K, Kawasaki Y, Yoshida K, Nishida Y, Harada T, Yamaguchi K, et al. The 6-minute pegboard and ring test is correlated with upper extremity activity of daily living in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. International Journal of Chronic Obstructi

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung Diseases, Interstitial

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Meral BOŞNAK GÜÇLÜ, Prof. Dr.

  Gazi University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Nazire Nur YILDIZ, M.Sc.

  Nigde Omer Halisdemir University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Nilgün YILMAZ DEMİRCİ, Prof. Dr.

  Gazi University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Meral BOŞNAK GÜÇLÜ, Prof. Dr.

CONTACT

+903122162647; meralbosnak@gazi.edu.tr

Nazire Nur YILDIZ, M.Sc.

CONTACT

nnur_yildiz_58@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 22, 2025
• First Posted: April 29, 2025
• Study Start: December 12, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 12, 2025
• Study Completion: August 12, 2025
• Last Updated: April 29, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)