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Effects of Aerobe Interval Training and Moderate Continuous Training in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

NCT00908765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-01-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Reduced exercise tolerance is one of the hallmarks of COPD. The principal causes for exercise intolerance are ventilatory limitation leading to deconditioning and inactivity. So far it is poorly understood which form of exercise is the most effective in training this condition. The investigators want to study the physiological response to two different training programs (High intensity aerobe interval training and moderate continuous aerobe training)with special focus on cardiac and skeletal muscle adaptions

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

1. High aerobic intensity treadmill walking. 4 by 4 minutes interval training on a graded treadmill at a heart rate corresponding to 85-95% of maximal heart rate. 3 times per week for 10 weeks. 2. Moderate continuous intensity treadmill walking on a graded treadmill at a heart rate corresponding to 60-70 of maximal heart rate, 3 times per week for 10 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sigurd Steinshamn, MD PhD · NTNU , Trondheim

  • Eivind Brønstad, MD · NTNU, Trondheim

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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