Balance Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD Clinical Trial

Official title: Balance Training: Its Effect on Pulmonary Rehabilitation of Elderly Subjects With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study will be to verify whether the addition of an exercise program aimed to improve balance can reduce the risk of falling in subjects with COPD over 80 years of age compared to the standard rehabilitation program. Patients will be randomly assigned in two groups (intervention and control). The pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) program is organized in accordance with current guidelines.

Clinical Trial Description

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-COPD is the most prevalent pathology among chronic airway diseases. The average age of life has increased. Subjects over 80 years old have peculiar characteristics. Individuals with COPD have an increased risk of falling compared with healthy peers. A pulmonary rehabilitation program reduces the risk of falling as measured by gait speed. Balance training on the elderly has been shown to be effective in improving muscle strength, coordination, balance and in reducing the risk and number of falls and the fear of falling.

The enrolled subjects will complete an in-patient PR program according to enrollment.

Control: education, aerobic and strength training and callisthenic exercises. Intervention:

education, aerobic and strength training as group Control and balance training. At baseline will be recorded: demographics and anthropometrics, comorbidities, drug therapy, flow/volume curve, arterial blood gases, serum hemoglobin, history of fall, exacerbations and risk of sarcopenia. Before and after the PR the following outcome measures will be assessed: balance performance, peripheral muscle strength, gait speed, health status, dyspnea, quality of life, exercise capacity, confidence with balance and perceived change. Sample size calculation was performed based on the primary endpoint of the study. We estimate a number of 50 subjects. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

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

• NCT number: NCT05972239
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
• Contact: Elisabetta Zampogna, dr
• Phone: 3335442246
• Email: elisabetta.zampogna@icsmaugeri.it
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2023
• Completion date: September 30, 2024