Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD
This study was designed to determine the effect of ground-based walking training on health-related quality of life and exercise capacity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with COPD were randomised to either a walking group that received supervised, ground-based walk...
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European Respiratory Society
2014
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| author | Wootton, S. Ng, C. McKeough, Z. Jenkins, Susan Hill, Kylie Eastwood, Peter Hillman, D. Cecins, Nola Spencer, L. Jenkins, C. Alison, J. |
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| description | This study was designed to determine the effect of ground-based walking training on health-related quality of life and exercise capacity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with COPD were randomised to either a walking group that received supervised, ground-based walking training two to three times a week for 8–10 weeks, or a control group that received usual medical care and did not participate in exercise training. 130 out of 143 participants (mean±SD age 69±8 years, forced expiratory volume in 1 s 43±15% predicted) completed the study. Compared to the control group, the walking group demonstrated greater improvements in the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire total score (mean difference -6 points (95% CI -10– -2), p<0.003), Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire total score (mean difference 7 points (95% CI 2–11), p<0.01) and endurance shuttle walk test time (mean difference 208 s (95% CI 104–313), p<0.001). This study shows that ground-based walking training is an effective training modality that improves quality of life and endurance exercise capacity in people with COPD. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-131992017-09-13T14:58:12Z Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD Wootton, S. Ng, C. McKeough, Z. Jenkins, Susan Hill, Kylie Eastwood, Peter Hillman, D. Cecins, Nola Spencer, L. Jenkins, C. Alison, J. This study was designed to determine the effect of ground-based walking training on health-related quality of life and exercise capacity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). People with COPD were randomised to either a walking group that received supervised, ground-based walking training two to three times a week for 8–10 weeks, or a control group that received usual medical care and did not participate in exercise training. 130 out of 143 participants (mean±SD age 69±8 years, forced expiratory volume in 1 s 43±15% predicted) completed the study. Compared to the control group, the walking group demonstrated greater improvements in the St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire total score (mean difference -6 points (95% CI -10– -2), p<0.003), Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire total score (mean difference 7 points (95% CI 2–11), p<0.01) and endurance shuttle walk test time (mean difference 208 s (95% CI 104–313), p<0.001). This study shows that ground-based walking training is an effective training modality that improves quality of life and endurance exercise capacity in people with COPD. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13199 10.1183/09031936.00078014 European Respiratory Society fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Wootton, S. Ng, C. McKeough, Z. Jenkins, Susan Hill, Kylie Eastwood, Peter Hillman, D. Cecins, Nola Spencer, L. Jenkins, C. Alison, J. Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title | Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title_full | Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title_fullStr | Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title_short | Ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in COPD |
| title_sort | ground-based walking training improves quality of life and exercise capacity in copd |
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