Balance Training Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Balance in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT07750821 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 35871126932
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 77
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

This study aims to see if a co-designed balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is acceptable to people with COPD and if the study procedures, including recruitment and the collection of outcomes, is feasible.

Conditions

COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease); COPD; Balance Training; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Balance Exercise; Falls, Intervention

Keywords

B-PuRe; Balance; Pulmonary rehabilitation; COPD

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of study procedures and the delivery of S4S.

  The primary feasibility outcomes include participant recruitment rates per site, participants' willingness to be randomised, participant attrition rates, and participant adherence rates.

  Outcomes are assessed at the end of recruitment, post-randomisation, and approximately 12 weeks after baseline assessment

Study Arms (2)

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

Participants randomised to this arm will continue with their home based exercise programme provided by pulmonary rehabilitation as part of usual care

Sport4Steadiness Programme

EXPERIMENTAL

A balance training programme post pulmonary rehabilitation

Other: Sport4Steadiness

Interventions

Sport4Steadiness OTHER

Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is a group, exercise based, balance training programme. It was designed by researchers interested in balance in people with COPD and patients and members of the public who have, or care for someone with, COPD or other lung conditions. It adapts parts of different sports, games and activities to train balance and have fun. S4S sessions take place twice a week for 6 weeks, 12 sessions in total. Each session lasts for 2 hours with 1 hour of activity and 1 hour of socialisation

Sport4Steadiness Programme

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Adults with spirometry confirmed diagnosis of COPD as per GOLD guidelines (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or physician confirmed COPD diagnosis
• Answers yes to one or more of the Three Key Questions\* or Timed up and Go Test result \> 11 seconds
• An ability and capacity to provide consent to the trial
• Q1. Have you fallen in the past year? Q2. Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Q3. Do you have worries about falling?

You may not qualify if:

• Any neurological, musculoskeletal, chronic pain or other diagnoses that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the ability of the participant to safely complete PR and balance training
• Unable to comprehend instruction given verbally in English language
• Where there is concern that the primary cause of balance issues could be due to problems with visual function, vestibular disturbance or peripheral neuropathy
• Diagnosis of, or patient-reported symptoms of, vasovagal syncope

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Samantha Harrison: lead
• North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (3)

Teesside University

Middlesbrough, TS1 3BX, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

South Tees Hospital Trust

Northallerton, DL6 1JG, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Stockton-on-Tees, TS198PE, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

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

• Samantha Harrison, Professor

  Teesside University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Samantha Harrison, Professor

CONTACT

+1642738512; s.l.harrison@tees.ac.uk

Alexandra Carne-Watson, Dr

CONTACT

+7500784473; a.carne-watson@nhs.net

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Statisticians are partially blinded
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: A pilot feasibility, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 28, 2026
• First Posted: August 6, 2026
• Study Start: January 27, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027
• Last Updated: August 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Locations

GB (3)