Exercise Tolerance (Measured in Minutes)
Conditions
Brief summary
Hypothesis: Beetroot juice increases the exercise tolerance of patients with chronic lung disease. Using the already established pulmonary rehabilitation model, we aim to split the group of 8 into 2 groups, each group taking 500ml of beetroot juice 24 hours before there class on alternate (differing) weeks to see if it improves their overall exercise tolerance.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTBeetroot Juice
Give subjects 500ml beetroot juice in the 24 hour period prior to class begins. They will receive this during 3 of the 6 weeks
Sponsors
Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Already planned to attend the pulmonary rehabilitation class
Exclusion criteria
* Angina Prescribed regular nitrates, a resting heart rate \>100bpm, a resting blood pressure \<110 systolic, postural hypotension, prescribed PDE5 inhibitors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise Tolerance | 6 weeks | Measuring incremental change in exercise tolerance between weeks of beetroot consumption and weeks of no beetroot consumption |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Primary ContactWendy Anderson, MBBCh
Outcome results
None listed