NCT04952363

Whole-body Vibration on Mucus Clearance, the Quality of Life, and Exercise Capacity for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The Effect of Whole Body Vibration Training on Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although whole body vibration (WBV) is mainly designed to promote neuromuscular function, however, because of its vibration characteristics, whether it can provide additional effects on the sputum clearance for chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease patients, thereby improving the quality of life, and exercise capacity is still unknown.

Conditions

• COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	A vertical vibration platform PowerVibe Zen Pro 5900	Subjects received the interventions twice a week for 8 weeks. HFCWO+WBVT group received additional 30 minutes WBVT treatment. In every WBVT session, three rounds of 3 minutes of vibration (amplitude: 2 mm; frequency: 20 Hz) were provided, with a 60-second rest between rounds.
DEVICE	HFCWO	Subjects received the interventions twice a week for 8 weeks. The HFCWO was delivered by a respiratory therapist using a percussive vest at 10-13 Hz oscillating frequency and at a pressure setting of 2 cm H2O. The treatment duration was 25 minutes, and the participants remained in a sitting position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-22
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2018-11-01
• First posted: 2021-07-07
• Last updated: 2021-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study