Comprehensive Exercise Training Program During Hospitalization for an Acute CF Exacerbation

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Conditions studied: Cystic Fibrosis

In brief

This protocol was designed to assess if when subjects with CF are admitted to the hospital for a pulmonary exacerbation if a comprehensive exercise program (moderate to high intensity aerobic, resistance, flexibility and balance exercises) was superior to our "usual care intervention (30 min/day of self selected mode and intensity of exercise) in improving aerobic capacity, muscle strength/power, flexibility and balance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01759342

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

23

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2008-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-30

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 6 to 21 years
• admission for an acute Cystic fibrosis (CF) exacerbation
• forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) of < 60% of predicted at admission

You may not qualify if…

• medically unstable as deemed by the attending physician
• had completed both arms of the present study

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmimgham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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