NCT01768754

Walking Speeds in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Repeatability and Utility of the Usual and Fast Walking Speeds in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: West Park Healthcare Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A growing body of evidence suggests that in individuals with chronic lung disease their walk speed is related to their daily function and quality of life. It is possible to assess their usual (routine) and fast walking speeds by getting them to walk in a flat hallway. In individuals with chronic lung disease, we anticipate that their usual walk speed will be helpful in exercise prescription and use in multidimensional scoring systems. However, it is important to first determine the measurement properties of these two walk speeds.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Usual and Fast Walking Speeds	Stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will demonstrate their usual and fast walking speeds over a 30 m course, with speed calculated over the middle 10 m using optical sensors. The test will be repeated after a 5 minute rest; this procedure will then be repeated on two subsequent days, at the same time of day, within one week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-02-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-01-15
• Last updated: 2013-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada