None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Exercise training improved short-term and long-term exercise capacity and health-related quality of life compared to no exercise training in people with dust-related respiratory diseases.
Interventions
Supervised exercise training for the lower limb, 3 times weekly for 8 weeks. Lower limb exercise training will consist of at least 15 minutes of stationary cycling at 60% peak workrate achieved on the incremental cycle test and 15 minutes of walking training at 80% of the average walking speed achieved on the six minute walk test. Training duration will be uncreased to 20 minutes of cycling and 20 minutes of walking by the 12th training session.
Sponsors
The University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
35 Years to 86 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Subjects will have a medical diagnosis of lung disease from dust inhalation including silicosis, asbestosis or asbestos related pleural disease (ARPD). Subjects on long-term oxygen therapy will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Subjects will be excluded if they have any musculoskeletal, cardiovascular or neurological conditions likely to adversely affect performance during exercise assessment or training; have an inability to understand English; or have participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation program within the last 12 months.
Outcome results
None listed