Effects of Eccentric Exercise Training in Patients With COPD
Recruiting · NCT06168266 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Fu Jen Catholic University
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Eccentric bikeconventional group
What this trial is about
The goal of this study is to design eccentric exercise strategies for COPD patients to comprehensively improve their cardiopulmonary/muscular fitness, immune and hemorheological functions, and quality of life, thereby improving the prognosis of their disease.
Who can take part
Age range
20 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Having undergone pulmonary rehabilitation for more than 3 months
- Sign the written informed consent form
- FEV1/FVC \< 0.70
- Approval for exercise training granted by a specialist physician's assessment
- Specialist physician's approval for exercise training
Exclusion criteria
- Existing of tracheostomy
- Those who use oxygen therapy or ventilator at home
- Severe heart failure (NYHA III-IV)
- Neuromuscular disease
- Acute exacerbation within the past three months
- Those who are unable to cooperate with the cardiopulmonary exercise test
- Taking anticoagulant medications
- Other conditions restricting exercise for over a year
- Recent or planned significant cardiovascular surgery or intervention
- Current or planned pregnancy within the next year
- Planned heart transplant within the next six months
- Heart failure due to uncorrectable valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease or obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Inadequate ICD settings for exercise heart rate
- Other exercise contraindications: unstable angina, uncontrolled blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension with symptoms, severe aortic stenosis, acute discomfort or fever, uncontrolled arrhythmias, uncompensated heart failure, acute pericarditis or myocarditis, recent thrombosis or thrombophlebitis, resting ST-segment deviation, uncontrolled diabetes, etc.
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University - New Taipei City, Taiwan