Compares walking uphill with faster walking for people with COPD
Tests incline walking versus faster flat walking as exercise training in adults with COPD.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Inclined Versus Standard Exercise for COPD Patients
Key facts
- Where
- Omaha, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 45 and 80 years old?
Source: NCT06749262, who can take part
Where in United States
- Omaha VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NEOmaha, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Trial code
- NCT06749262
- Record updated
- 13 April 2026
- Original description
This study is designed to provide information regarding how to improve pulmonary rehabilitation for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary rehabilitation is an exercise program for COPD patients that is recommended and benefits some, but not all, patients. The question being studied in this trial is whether during an exercise program, walking on an incline might be better than walking on faster on a flat surface in training muscles so that patients might be less short of breath with exercise.Read full original descriptionShow less
Inducing Variable Breathing Ratios During Walking to Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
This study is designed to provide information regarding how to improve pulmonary rehabilitation for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary rehabilitation is an exercise program for COPD patients that is recommended and benefits some, but not all, patients. The question being studied in this trial is whether during an exercise program, walking on an incline might be better than walking on faster on a flat surface in training muscles so that patients might be less short of breath with exercise.
Inclusion: Veterans from all sex/gender, race, and ethnicity will be recruited; All subjects will undergo post-bronchodilator spirometry and be clinically stable; All subjects must have documented FEV1/FVC ratio of <0.7, and between 30% to 80% FEV1% predicted; If subjects have non-qualifying spirometry, they will not be screened further; Subjects with qualifying spirometry will be screened further; Potential subjects must have a BMI of less than 35 kg/m2 and must be free from co-morbidities that may affect walking patterns; e.g., peripheral arterial disease, diabetes, low back pain.
Exclusion: Subjects taking medications that alter mood or metabolic demand will be excluded; Confounding effects such as neurological, musculoskeletal, or metabolic disease; All potential subjects must be cleared for participation by a physician after undergoing a cardiopulmonary exercise test; Require an O2 mask during rest or activity.