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Walking Speeds in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT01768754 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2013-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A growing body of evidence suggests that in individuals with chronic lung disease their walk speed is related to their daily function and quality of life. It is possible to assess their usual (routine) and fast walking speeds by getting them to walk in a flat hallway.

In individuals with chronic lung disease, we anticipate that their usual walk speed will be helpful in exercise prescription and use in multidimensional scoring systems. However, it is important to first determine the measurement properties of these two walk speeds.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual and Fast Walking Speeds

Stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will demonstrate their usual and fast walking speeds over a 30 m course, with speed calculated over the middle 10 m using optical sensors. The test will be repeated after a 5 minute rest; this procedure will then be repeated on two subsequent days, at the same time of day, within one week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • West Park Healthcare Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roger Goldstein, MD, FRCPC · Westpark Healthcare Centre

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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