Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02613351
Muscle Activity and Sensation During Upright Partitioned Leg Exercise in COPD
Leg Muscle Activity and Sensation During Upright Partitioned Exercise Compared to Walking: Propulsion of a 3-wheeled Scooter by Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (actual)
- Sponsor
- West Park Healthcare Centre · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to determine if: the large muscles of the leg, activated during walking, are also active during scooting; whether scooting alters the relationship between leg and breathing heaviness; whether there is evidence of leg fatigue during scooting.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | scooting | three-wheeled scooter (Monark 662, Monark Exercise AB Sweden) comprised of a single front wheel that provides steering and two rear wheels that create a wide base of support. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-08-14
- Completion
- 2017-08-14
- First posted
- 2015-11-24
- Last updated
- 2017-11-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02613351. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.