The study investigates older adults with and without chronic respiratory diseases (CRD), specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, to assess the combined effects of physical activity and air pollution exposure. Respiratory
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will complete a series of four supervised outdoor walking circuits under differing environmental exposure and physical activity intensity conditions. Each participant will act as their ow
Sponsors
Swiss National Science Foundation
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail
Societat Catalana de Pneumologia (SOCAP)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 60 years and older
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Presence of any alteration that may limit mobility or physical performance. 2. Inability to follow the study procedures (e.g. due to language barriers, psychological disorders, dementia, etc.) 3. Inability to provide informed consent Participants without chronic respiratory disease: 1. Diagnosis or pharmacological treatment for any chronic respiratory disease and/or presence of respiratory symptoms (chronic cough, wheezing, breathlessness at rest or at low intensity exercise, etc). 2. Exercise-induced asthma Participants with COPD: 1. Having undergone major lung surgery (e.g. lung transplant) or lung volume reduction within 6 months before inclusion 2. Primary respiratory diseases other than COPD 3. Substantial limitations in mobility due to factors other than COPD 4. Lung volume reduction within 6 months before inclusion 5. Diagnosis of asthma Participants with asthma 1. Primary respiratory diseases other than asthma 2. Overlap asthma and COPD 3. Presence of any condition that may limit mobility or physical performance due to factors other than asthma
Countries
Spain, Switzerland
Contacts
Public ContactSarah Koch
Outcome results
None listed