Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improve Frailty?

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Conditions studied: Disease, Pulmonary

In brief

Frailty is a state of health with predisposition to adverse events, morbidity and mortality. Frailty consists of weakness, slowness, low physical activity, exhaustion, and wasting. Frailty is associated with increased hospitalizations and death in lung disease. It is unknown if pulmonary rehabilitation will improve frailty markers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02512874

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

65

Starts

2015-07-21

Expected to finish

2018-10-16

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
• consenting to research

You may not qualify if…

• Under 18 years of age

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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