NCT01871025

Early Incentive and Mobilization During COPD Exacerbation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Parc de Salut Mar · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To study the effects of early exercise training in hospitalized patients for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease exacerbation (COPD). Interventions are randomized. In one group, early exercise training (aerobic and strength) during hospitalization for COPD exacerbation followed by exercise training at home until 30 days to discharge and in the other the intervention is usual care. In both groups, usual respiratory physiotherapy techniques during hospitalization and adequate physical activity recommendations have been included. The main variable is the increase in moderate or vigorous daily physical activities at 30 days after discharge.

Detailed description

Prospective randomized study in hospitalized patients for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease exacerbation (COPD). In one group, early exercise training (aerobic and strength) during hospitalization for COPD exacerbation followed by exercise training at home until 30 days to discharge and in the other the intervention is usual care. In both group, usual respiratory physiotherapy techniques during hospitalization and adequate physical activity recommendations have been included. The main variable is the increase in moderate or vigorous daily physical activities at 30 days after discharge.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hospital and home exercise training	Hospital exercise training (aerobic and strength) followed by exercise training
OTHER	Usual care	Usual care includes respiratory physiotherapy techniques during hospitalization and adequate physical activity recommendations, but not exercise training

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2018-03-01
• First posted: 2013-06-06
• Last updated: 2018-10-11

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Spain