Balance Training for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Balance Training for COPD in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR): An Effectiveness Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02080442
• Other study ID #: 13-o11-WP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 3, 2014
• Last updated: March 4, 2014
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: February 2014

Study information

• Verified date: March 2014
• Source: West Park Healthcare Centre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will involve direct knowledge translation of a laboratory-based study of balance training for patients with COPD, first to the investigators PR program and then, after disseminating the results, this approach could be used to impact on clinical practice in any PR program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: February 2014
• Est. primary completion date: February 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of COPD

• Self-report of decline in balance or fall in the last 5 years or a recent near fall

• Smoking history greater than 10 pack years

• Are able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• An inability to communicate because of language skills, hearing or cognitive impairment

• Evidence of a neurological or musculoskeletal condition that severely limits mobility and postural control (e.g., cerebrovascular accident, advanced Parkinson's disease, amputation).

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Intervention

Other:
• Balance training
Training will consist of 30 minute sessions 2-3 times/week for a total of 18-24 sessions, in keeping with best practice guidelines for older adults.12 Sessions will be supervised by physical therapists, using a circuit training approach with different stations designed to target specific areas of impairment. Participants will work through stations in a group setting; however, will receive individualized exercise prescription regarding level of difficulty and exercise progression.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	West Park Healthcare Center	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Samantha Harrison	Ontario Lung Association

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Balance training progression: the training prescription and progression will be recorded		at 6 weeks	No
Other	Therapists' and the participants' satisfaction	Patients completed a questionnaire following completion of the balance training which took place thrice weekly for a period of 6 weeks.; The focus group was conducted at the end of study recruitment.	at 6 weeks	No
Other	Safety: any adverse events associated with balance training will be recorded		at 6 weeks	Yes
Other	Applicability and adherence		at 6 weeks	No
Other	The Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)	The 6MWT was assessed by the physiotherapists responsible for delivering the PR program. The PR programs runs over 6 weeks.	at 6 weeks	No
Primary	Berg Balance Scale (BBS)	The BBS was assessed following completion of the balance training which took place thrice weekly for a period of 6 weeks.	at 6 weeks	No
Primary	Timed Up and Go (TUG):	The TUG was assessed following completion of the balance training which took place thrice weekly for a period of 6 weeks.	at 6 weeks	No
Secondary	The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest)	The BESTest was assessed following completion of the balance training which took place thrice weekly for a period of 6 weeks.	at 6 weeks	No
Secondary	Activity-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale	The ABC scale was assessed following completion of the balance training which took place thrice weekly for a period of 6 weeks.	at 6 weeks	No