The Prescriptive Validity of a Novel Fall Risk Clinical Prediction Rule for People With COPD

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

In brief

This study has 3 objectives: (1) demonstrate the effectiveness of balance training for people with COPD, (2) determine which patients with COPD respond best to balance training, and (3) calculate clinically meaningful changes in balance for patients with COPD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05173532

Run by

Texas Woman's University

People needed

88

Starts

2021-02-10

Expected to finish

2022-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2022-04-27

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• having reported a fall in the past 5 years, or a near fall in the past year, or a score ≥ 9 on the Short Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale - International Version
• age ≥ 60 years
• both sexes
• spirometrically-confirmed COPD of all disease severity stages
• being independently ambulatory with or without a gait aid
• medical clearance by a physician to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation
• provision of informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• having suffered a recent, severe COPD exacerbation (recent is 30 days or less prior to the study baseline)
• participation in a formal exercise program in the three months prior to the study baseline
• an inability by the patient to complete all study testing due to physical, psychological, communication-barrier, or other unanticipated reasons.

Where it is running

• Breathing Center of Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• Breathing Center of Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• Breathing Center of Houston — Sugar Land, Texas, United States
• Breathing Center of Houston — Webster, Texas, United States

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