Balance Exercise, Balance Training, COPD, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), Falls, Intervention, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Conditions
Keywords
B-PuRe, Balance, Pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD
Brief summary
This study aims to see if a co-designed balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is acceptable to people with COPD and if the study procedures, including recruitment and the collection of outcomes, is feasible.
Interventions
OTHERSport4Steadiness
Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is a group, exercise based, balance training programme. It was designed by researchers interested in balance in people with COPD and patients and members of the public who have, or care for someone with, COPD or other lung conditions. It adapts parts of different sports, games and activities to train balance and have fun. S4S sessions take place twice a week for 6 weeks, 12 sessions in total. Each session lasts for 2 hours with 1 hour of activity and 1 hour of socialisation
Sponsors
Samantha Harrison
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Statisticians are partially blinded
Intervention model description
A pilot feasibility, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Adults with spirometry confirmed diagnosis of COPD as per GOLD guidelines (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or physician confirmed COPD diagnosis 2. Answers yes to one or more of the Three Key Questions\* or Timed up and Go Test result \> 11 seconds 3. An ability and capacity to provide consent to the trial * Q1. Have you fallen in the past year? Q2. Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Q3. Do you have worries about falling?
Exclusion criteria
1. Any neurological, musculoskeletal, chronic pain or other diagnoses that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the ability of the participant to safely complete PR and balance training 2. Unable to comprehend instruction given verbally in English language 3. Where there is concern that the primary cause of balance issues could be due to problems with visual function, vestibular disturbance or peripheral neuropathy 4. Diagnosis of, or patient-reported symptoms of, vasovagal syncope
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility of study procedures and the delivery of S4S. | Outcomes are assessed at the end of recruitment, post-randomisation, and approximately 12 weeks after baseline assessment | The primary feasibility outcomes include participant recruitment rates per site, participants' willingness to be randomised, participant attrition rates, and participant adherence rates. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
CONTACTSamantha Harrison, Professor
CONTACTAlexandra Carne-Watson, Dr
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSamantha Harrison, Professor
Teesside University
Outcome results
None listed