Efficacy of Arm Training in COPD Patients (UEET-COPD)
Effects of Unsupported Upper Extremity Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Recent guidelines on pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) recommend upper extremity exercise training (UEET) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The theory supporting the inclusion of upper extremity exercise training in the pulmonary rehabilitation for these patients, is based on the profound understanding of the activity of the accessory respiratory muscles, which are competitively involved in both the support of the upper extremities during activities and the ventilation. However, a systematic review of the literature carried out by our staff reveals that the clinical trials carried out up to now to verify the effectiveness of UEET are of poor methodological quality and the investigators cannot corroborate the recommendation recently made on the basis of the results of the investigators' review.
Therefore the investigators began this randomized, parallel groups, controlled clinical trial with the purpose of determining the short-term effect of unsupported UEET on the performance of the upper extremities and on symptoms perceived during activities by patients with COPD.
Studienübersicht
Status
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
We recruited inpatients with stable, moderate or severe COPD referred to the PR program at the regional centre of Villa Pineta Hospital.
Patients were randomized into two groups: control and intervention. Patients randomized to the control group undertook an inpatient comprehensive PR that complied with the recommendations made by the ATS/ERS and included a minimum of 15 daily sessions of specific training for lower extremities.
Patients randomized to the intervention group undertook an experimental program consisting of 15 additional daily sessions of unsupported UEET over and above the same PR program used for control patients.
Measurements of upper extremity performance and symptoms perceived were taken in both groups at baseline (T0) and at the completion of the interventions (Tend) by one physiotherapist unaware to the patient's group allocation. To verify if the experimental training leads to long-term results on the functional arm exercise capacity, some measurements were repeated at 6-months as the latest follow-up (T6months).
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienorte
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Modena
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Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena, Italien, 41026
- Villa Pineta Hospital
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Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
- Kind
- Erwachsene
- Älterer Erwachsener
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Studienberechtigte Geschlechter
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of COPD
- a degree of COPD severity equal or above grade 2 (moderate) on the basis of the GOLD classification
- clinical stability for a minimum of 4 weeks
- degree of chronic dyspnea ≥ grade 2 on the Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale
Exclusion Criteria:
- muscular-skeletal abnormalities limiting the shoulder girdle functionality
- cognitive impairment limiting participation
- previous inclusion in UEET programmes within the last 3 years
- malignancies
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Behandlung
- Zuteilung: Zufällig
- Interventionsmodell: Parallele Zuordnung
- Maskierung: Single
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandlung |
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Aktiver Komparator: 1: comprehensive PR
Inpatient comprehensive PR program that lasted lasted 3 weeks and included a minimum of 15 daily sessions of specific training for lower extremities, education, nutritional intervention, psychosocial intervention.
It complied with the recommendation of the ATS/ERS.
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Inpatient comprehensive PR program that lasted lasted 3 weeks and included a minimum of 15 daily sessions of specific training for lower extremities, education, nutritional intervention, psychosocial intervention.
It complied with the recommendation of the ATS/ERS.
Andere Namen:
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Experimental: 2: UEET + PR
Experimental program consisting in additional 15 daily sessions of unsupported UEET over and above the same PR program used for control patients.
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Experimental program consisting of 15 additional daily sessions of unsupported UEET.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Zeitfenster |
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6-min. ring test (6MRT)
Zeitfenster: T0=baseline, Tend (week three) , T6months (six months after the completion of the training)
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T0=baseline, Tend (week three) , T6months (six months after the completion of the training)
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Zeitfenster |
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ADL field test
Zeitfenster: T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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LCADL
Zeitfenster: T0=baseline, Tend (week three) , T6months (six months after the completion of the training)
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T0=baseline, Tend (week three) , T6months (six months after the completion of the training)
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MRC
Zeitfenster: T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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6MWT
Zeitfenster: T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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T0=baseline, Tend (week three)
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Mitarbeiter
Ermittler
- Hauptermittler: Stefania Costi, Dr, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
- Studienstuhl: Enrico M Clini, Professor, Villa Pineta Hospital and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Publikationen und hilfreiche Links
Allgemeine Veröffentlichungen
- Ries AL, Bauldoff GS, Carlin BW, Casaburi R, Emery CF, Mahler DA, Make B, Rochester CL, Zuwallack R, Herrerias C. Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest. 2007 May;131(5 Suppl):4S-42S. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-2418.
- Costi S, Di Bari M, Pillastrini P, D'Amico R, Crisafulli E, Arletti C, Fabbri LM, Clini EM. Short-term efficacy of upper-extremity exercise training in patients with chronic airway obstruction: a systematic review. Phys Ther. 2009 May;89(5):443-55. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20070368. Epub 2009 Mar 12.
- Costi S, Crisafulli E, Degli Antoni F, Beneventi C, Fabbri LM, Clini EM. Effects of unsupported upper extremity exercise training in patients with COPD: a randomized clinical trial. Chest. 2009 Aug;136(2):387-395. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-0165. Epub 2009 Jun 30.
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Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst gepostet (Schätzen)
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Schätzen)
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Zuletzt verifiziert
Mehr Informationen
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Schlüsselwörter
Zusätzliche relevante MeSH-Bedingungen
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- UEET0307
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