Effects of an outpatient whole body vibration training on patients with COPD: a randomised controlled pilot study

Effects of an outpatient whole body vibration training on patients with COPD: a randomised controlled pilot study - WBV study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009706

Enrollment

Registered

2015-12-04

Start date

2015-08-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J44.9

Interventions

Group 1: 10 exercise training naive COPD patients trained twice weekly 3x3 minutes for 3 months using the Galileo platform (Whole Body Vibration Training) at the Remigius Hospital Leverkusen. All meas

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age >65 years, GOLD clinical diagnosis of COPD, no acute exacerbation, no knee-/hip endoprothesis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: artificial hip or knee replacements, >140 kg Body weight, regulary exercise training

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Six-minute walk test at the beginning and at the end of the training interval	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Sit-to-stand test (rising/sitting down 5 times),maximum power (leg press), one leg stance, CAT (effects related to health), SGRQ (quality of life) at the beginning and at the end of the training interval.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarc Spielmanns

St. Remigius Krankenhaus

spielmanns@k-plus.de021714092351

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026