Muscle Activity and Sensation During Upright Partitioned Leg Exercise in COPD (MAPLE)

November 16, 2017 updated by: Roger Goldstein, West Park Healthcare Centre

Leg Muscle Activity and Sensation During Upright Partitioned Exercise Compared to Walking: Propulsion of a 3-wheeled Scooter by Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The aim of this study is to determine if: the large muscles of the leg, activated during walking, are also active during scooting; whether scooting alters the relationship between leg and breathing heaviness; whether there is evidence of leg fatigue during scooting.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

15

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6M 2J5
        • Westpark Health Care Centre

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of COPD: FEV1 < 80 % and FEV1/FVC < 0.7;
  • Able to communicate in English
  • Clinically stable

Exclusion Criteria:

  • predominant co-morbidities or treatments that might influence the results of exercise testing

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: scooting
incremental test to establish the relationship between leg and breathing heaviness with increasing demand (speed) during scooting
Device: scooting
three-wheeled scooter (Monark 662, Monark Exercise AB Sweden) comprised of a single front wheel that provides steering and two rear wheels that create a wide base of support.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
slope of the relationship between self-reported breathing and leg heaviness using Borg scale
Time Frame: 1 week
Borg scale ratings of breathing and leg heaviness will be measured during stepwise incremental speed exercise tests. The relationship between leg and breathing heaviness with increasing demand (speed) is quantified by the slope of the relationship between self-reported breathing and leg heaviness under each condition of customary walking and scooting.
1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

West Park Healthcare Centre

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 14, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

August 14, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 17, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 19, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

November 24, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 20, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2017

Last Verified

November 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • WPHC-RG-1Lscoot20151201

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