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Whole Body Vibration in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT01850173 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators designed the current study with the main objective of determining whether Whole Body Vibration Training (WBVT) alone improves muscular force and/or modifies the functional capacity parameters in severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients referred to a rehabilitation programme.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

A vertical vibration platform Fitybe

They performed 6 series, and each series consisted of four 30-second repetitions with a frequency of 35 Hz and 2 millimeters of amplitude, with 60 seconds of rest between each series.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Mataró

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eulogio Pleguezuelos, PhD · Hospital de Mataró

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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Diseases

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