Interstitial Lung Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will wear a portable respiratory gas exchange analyzer and perform three types of exercise tests.
Sponsors
Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients will be deemed eligible for the study if they are diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, clinically stable, and have no pulmonary rehabilitation session for the passed 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People with CRD will be excluded if they (i) have the potential to cause significant hypoxemia with exercise; (ii) require nasal cannula oxygenation (including home oxygen therapy) ; (iii) have complications or disabilities that make exercise difficult; (iv) have cardiac disease that puts participants at risk for exercise; (v) forbidden by their doctors to exercise; (vi) have inadequate understanding of exercise stress testing; (vii) are diagnosed with dementia; (viii) have visual or hearing problems in performing exercise training
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| peak oxygen uptake, anaerobic metabolic threshold, peak work rate, VE/VCO2 for each exercise test | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactAtsuhito Nakazawa
Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Department of Respiratory Medicine
Outcome results
None listed