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Mobile-phone-based Home Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT01631019 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2012-07-06

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Summary

Background: Moderate-intensity exercise training improves skeletal muscle aerobic capacity and increased oxidative enzyme activity, as well as exercise tolerance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.

Design: To investigate the home-based exercise training program can reduce inflammatory biomarkers in COPD.

Setting: Conducted from January 2007 to December 2007 at a tertiary medical center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.

Patients: Moderate to severe COPD receiving home exercise training, 12 using mobile phone assistance and 14 with free walk, were assessed for 6 months.

Measurements: Incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT), spirometry, strength of limb muscles, C-reactive protein (CRP) and inflammatory cytokines.

Conditions

  • Moderate to Severe COPD Receiving Home Exercise Training

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mobile-phone-based Home Exercise Training Program

Patients in the mobile phone group were asked to perform daily endurance exercise training under mobile phone guidance, and the adherence was reported back to the central server. The level of endurance walking was re-assessed and re-adjusted initially on regular clinical visits every four weeks during the first three months. During this period of time, the adherence to protocol was reinforced by telephone from health professionals whenever patients missed one day of their walking training detected by the central system. Patients were asked to continue their exercise program at home at a fixed walking speed, and return to the clinic at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Home Exercise Training Program

all the subjects were assessed by an incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) (24) for estimation of exercise endurance. Baseline spirometry and body mass index (BMI) were recorded. The adherence and compliance of the home-based exercise training program was assessed by monitoring the frequency of performance and the duration of the endurance walking program recorded on the central system every week. Patients were asked to continue their exercise program at home at a fixed walking speed, and return to the clinic at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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