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Physical Activities in Daily Life After Lung Transplantation

NCT00395889 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2011-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare participation in physical activities in daily life and functional outcomes of lung transplant recipients attending a six-month multicomponent rehabilitation program including exercise training against others receiving only instructions on how to increase their participation in physical activities in daily life.

Conditions

  • Lung Transplantation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Rehabilitation including structured exercise training

Rehabilitation of at least 8 weeks, for at least twice/week. This group will also receive the exercise counseling as a part of the rehabilitation program.

PROCEDURE

Physical Activity Counseling

Six exercise counseling sessions will be carried out during a 6-month period. This group will only receive the counseling and no formal structured exercise training sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium

    collaborator OTHER

  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

    collaborator OTHER

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Langer, MSc · KU-Leuven, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences

  • Rik Gosselink, PhD · KU-Leuven, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences

  • Thierry Troosters, PhD · KU-Leuven, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences

  • Marc Decramer, PhD · University Hospital Leuven, Respiratory Division

  • Geert Verleden, PhD · University Hospital Leuven, Respiratory Division

  • Lieven Dupont, PhD · University Hospital Leuven, Respiratory Division

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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