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
Active Locations (1)
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Eulogio Pleguezuelos
Mataró, Barcelona, Spain, 08304