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The Study for the Reliability and Validity of Incremental Shuttle Walking Test for COPD Patients in Korea

The Reliability and Validity of Incremental Shuttle Walking Test to Assess Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04178278
Enrollment
30
Registered
2019-11-26
Start date
2019-12-01
Completion date
2021-12-31
Last updated
2019-11-27

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Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Brief summary

Investigators will perform this study to validate shuttle walking tests in korean patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study will be performed as multi-center prospective observational correlation study in ulsan university hospital and asan medical center. 36 participants will perform the exercise stress test with cycle, 6 minutes walking test and shuttle walking test. Investigators will analyze correlation 6 minutes walking test and shuttle walking test with exercise stress test.

Detailed description

Investigators will perform this study to validate shuttle walking tests in korean patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study will be performed as multi-center prospective observational correlation study in ulsan university hospital and asan medical center. 18 patients will be enrolled in each hospital. When then visit, patients will perform questionnaire and laboratory study for baseline characteristics. After that, patients select memo, in which order for the exercise stress test with cycle, 6 minutes walking test and shuttle walking test will be written. Along that order, patients will perform each study at every two day in a week. Investigators will analyze correlation 6 minutes walking test and shuttle walking test with exercise stress test. To analyze reliability in shuttle walking test, patients will shuttle walking test in two times. Researchers will analyze correlation between them.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTShuttle walking test

Patients will be required to walk around a 10-m course marked by cones placed 9 m apart, thus allowing 0.5 m for turning at each end. Walking speed will be regulated by prerecorded signals on a compact disc or MP3 file. Patients will increase walking speed at every minute. patients can stop this study, when they can not maintain their speeds due to dyspnea

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTExercise stress test

Exercise stress test will be performed with cycle. When patients perform this study, they will gradually increase the velocity. Investigators will measure electrocardiography, vital sign, oxygen saturation, oxygen uptake, minute ventilation and fatigue.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST6 minutes walking test

When participants perform 6 minutes walking test, patients will walk around the tract during 6 minutes. They can their walking speed according to condition and symptom. Investigators records walking distance, pulse rate, oxygen saturation and Borg scale

Sponsors

Ulsan University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Asan Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* patients with respiratory symptom * patients with forced expiratory volume 1/forced vital capacity \< 0.7 in pulmonary function test after bronchodilator * patients with informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* history of unstable angina or myocardial infarction within 1 month * more than 120/mins pulse rate in stable state * uncontrolled arrhythmia or history of syncope * Symptomatic aortic stenosis or severe cardiac valve stenosis * acute pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, aortic dissection or pulmonary edema * difficult condition for shuttle walking test; visual, auditory or psychological disturbance * respiratory failure * oxygen saturation ≤ 85% in stable state * needs for oxygen supply during walking * active infection, acute infective endocarditis, renal failure, hyperthyroidism or significant pulmonary hypertension * Left main coronary artery stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy * systolic blood pressure more than 180 mmHg * diastolic blood pressure more than 100 mmHg * pregnant women * patients with orthopedic disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Correlation between shuttle walking test, 6 minutes walking test and exercise stress test1 weekCorrelation between walking distance in shuttle walking test, walking distance in 6 minutes walking test and maximal oxygen uptake in exercise stress test

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Reproducibility in shuttle walking test1 weekcorrelation between 2 times of walking distance in each shuttle walking test

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026