NCT06658548Completed
Isometric Hand Grip Exercise and Lung Function in COPD
Effects of Isometric Hand Grip Exercise Training on Lung Function in COPD Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable lung disease. People with COPD must work harder to breathe, which can lead to shortness of breath and/or feeling tired. Early in the disease, people with COPD may feel short of breath when they exercise. As the disease progresses, it can be hard to breathe out (exhale) or even breathe in (inhale). A person with COPD may have obstructive bronchiolitis emphysema, or a combination of both conditions. There is variety of treatment like breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training exercises, resistance training and aerobic exercise to improve lung function as well as to decrease the chances of cardiopulmonary complications. the purpose of this study it to observe the effects of hand gripping isometric exercises on pulmonary functions in COPD patients. Study design will be randomized clinical trial in which experiment group will receive isometric training with resistance training and other group will only receive resistance training . Total forty eight participates will recruited with convince sampling, after that we will use simple random sampling to divide the patient into both equal groups. Digital spirometry will be used to document the pulmonary function also to observe the difference in post treatment.Data analysis will be done using SPSS version 25.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Sept 2024
- Start date
- 1 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Diseases
- COPD
- NCT number
- NCT06658548
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 48
- From 1 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Pulmonary diseases such as asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia and other non-pulmonary
- Sever or difficult to control ( heart disease or sequelae of acute or chronic orthopedic and/or neurological diseases),
Other
- Those who use walking assist devices that could influence the exercise
- Enrolled in a physical training program within the last 3 months at baseline
Who the study is looking for
- Age range from 40 to 70 years
- Clinical or functional diagnosis of COPD criteria GOLD II and III
- Clinically stable (outside the period of exacerbation of the disease for at least 3 months),
- Independently able to perform instrumental activities of daily living, as assessed by the functional activities questionnaire
- No medical contraindications for physical exercise
Age in the registry: 40 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riphah Rehabilitation Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lahore | Pakistan | Unknown status |
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