Muscle Activity and Sensation During Upright Partitioned Leg Exercise in COPD

West Park Healthcare Centre15 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

scootingDEVICE

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Westpark Health Care Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

slope of the relationship between self-reported breathing and leg heaviness using Borg scale

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.

Time frame: 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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