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Fall Risk Assessment in COPD

NCT03229473 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2023-04-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have balance problems and are at risk of falling. New guidelines recommend balance assessment be included in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) however no specific tests are recommended. Our goal is to determine the best balance test for identifying COPD patients who are at risk of falling. In this study, COPD patients who report balance problems or falling in the last year will participate in a testing session. Balance, balance confidence, lower body strength, exercise tolerance and perceived physical limitations will be assessed. The number of falls over the following year will be recorded using monthly calendars.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease
  • COPD

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marla Beauchamp, PhD · McMaster University

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-14
Primary Completion
2021-03-31
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

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