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Ambulatory Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT01195402 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-09-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomised-controlled study is undertaken to investigate the effects of a long term low intensity outpatient training program on physical fitness and quality of life in moderate to severe COPD patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pulmonary outpatient rehabilitation

Subjects take part in once weekly training sessions of 60 min duration. Sessions take place in local physiotherapist practice and involve simple training devices (chairs, elastic bands, balls). In addition, subjects take part in a structured and validated educational program concerning COPD (COBRA) of 8 h duration. They are offered counselling regarding nutrition (2 h), psycho-social (2 h) and social (2 h) aspects.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dr. Tibor Schmoller, pulmonary practice Winterhude

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Meyer, M.D. · Kliniken Mariahilf GmbH, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2006-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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