Unsupported Arm Exercise and Breathing Strategy in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Unsupported Arm Exercise and Breathing Strategy in Patients With Chronic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00836108
• Other study ID #: RG20080707ArmStrategy
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 3, 2009
• Last updated: July 10, 2012
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: May 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: West Park Healthcare Centre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Controlling the way people with lung problems breathe during arm exercises may reduce their breathlessness during activities of daily living that require them to lift their arms (i.e. brushing their hair, putting groceries away on high shelves). The main aim of this study is to determine the effects of specific breathing strategies during arm exercise on dyspnoea in patients with chronic lung disease. Coordinating inspiration with the action of arm elevation will reduce dyspnoea during a rhythmic overhead arm activity

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: May 2012
• Est. primary completion date: May 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of COPD including forced expiratory volume in one second < 80% predicted normal

• presence of lung hyperinflation at rest

Exclusion Criteria:

• musculoskeletal or neurological condition which could adversely affect arm activity

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

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

Intervention

Behavioral:
• breathing strategy
Subjects will practice a rhythmic overhead arm exercise, during which they will be taught to inspire when they elevate their arms or they will be taught to expire when they elevate their arms or, a third group, will practice a rhythmic overhead arm exercise, during which they will not be provided with any instruction regarding a specific breathing pattern. The arm exercise practiced by all groups will be identical.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	West Park Healthcare Centre	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
West Park Healthcare Centre

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dyspnoea during arm exercise		1 week	No
Secondary	Arm exercise endurance		1 week	No