Status:

COMPLETED

Whole Body Vibration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital de Mataró

Conditions:

COPD

Eligibility:

MALE

55-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators designed the current study with the main objective of determining whether Whole Body Vibration Training (WBVT) alone improves muscular force and/or modifies the functional capacity p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • severe COPD defined as a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1)/ forced vital capacity (FVC) \< 0.7 and FEV1 \< 50% predicted,
  • stable disease defined as no exacerbation,
  • hospital admission or change in treatment in the previous 3 months.

Exclusion

  • other significant respiratory disease (bronchiectasis,
  • lung fibrosis, asthma, etc),
  • active smoking,
  • severe cardiovascular,
  • neurological, and/or metabolic pathology that could interfere with the results,
  • total hip, knee or ankle arthroplasty,
  • previous vitreous haemorrhage,
  • severe alcoholism (\> 80 g/day) and
  • severe malnutrition (BMI \< 19 Kg/m2) to reduce the risk of falling and dropouts.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01850173

Start Date

February 1 2010

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

May 9 2013

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Eulogio Pleguezuelos

Mataró, Barcelona, Spain, 08304