NCT00744484

A 12 Week Physical Training Programme for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A 12 Week Physical Training Programme for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-a Comparison of Water Based and Land Based Group Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether water based or land based group training is more effective for people with COPD.

Detailed description

COPD is a more common diagnosis today compared to 20 years ago, and the group is growing fast. The suffering caused by COPD and the financial cost to society is on the increasing. The principal causes of COPD are smoking and inactivity. So far it is poorly understood wich form of exercise is the most effective in training this condition.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Training in water	45 minutes interval training in water, submaximal intensity, twice a week
BEHAVIORAL	Training on land	45 minutes interval training on land, submaximal intensity, twice a week

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2010-09-01
• First posted: 2008-09-01
• Last updated: 2022-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway