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Investigation of Walking Training With Different Slope Types in COPD Patients

NCT06283004 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2025-06-13

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Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease that continues to generate a great deal of research and this research must continue, both because it is not completely curable and because of the large patient population. The importance and benefits of exercise training in COPD patients are clear. One of the most preferred types of exercise training is the so-called aerobic exercise training, which typically takes the form of walking. A typical walking training does not use a slope or may include an uphill slope. However, recently there have been publications about downhill walking and its benefits in COPD. Walking on a level, uphill, and downhill slope may have the potential to result in different gains by using different muscle groups more. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of walking training on exercise capacity, respiratory functions, muscle strength, and functional status in COPD patients with three different slope types: level, uphill, and downhill.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

OTHER

Downhill walking training

For 8 weeks, downhill walking training will be done 2 times a week at a slope of -10 degrees.

OTHER

Level walking training

For 8 weeks, level walking training will be done 2 times a week at a slope of 0 degrees.

OTHER

Uphill walking training

For 8 weeks, uphill walking training will be done 2 times a week at a slope of +10 degrees.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bezmialem Vakif University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Acibadem University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-09
Primary Completion
2026-06-01
Completion
2026-06-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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