Balance training after lung rehabilitation for people with COPD
Tests a balance training programme in people with COPD after rehabilitation.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Balance Training Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Balance in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Key facts
- Where
- Middlesbrough, Northallerton, and Stockton-on-Tees, United KingdomSee the 3 sites
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with COPD who have balance or fall concerns. It tests a balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness after pulmonary rehabilitation.
- Age
- Adults (no exact age range is given).
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- COPD confirmed by spirometry (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or by a doctor's diagnosis.
- Earlier treatment
- The record gives no required earlier treatment. The balance training follows pulmonary rehabilitation.
- Biomarker or test result
- Balance or fall concern: yes to one or more of three questions (fallen in the past year, feels unsteady, worries about falling), or a Timed up and Go Test result over 11 seconds.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Nerve, muscle or bone problems, chronic pain or other diagnoses that would make rehabilitation and balance training unsafe
- Cannot understand instructions given by voice in English
- Balance problems that may mainly come from eyesight, inner ear or nerve damage in the limbs
- Vasovagal syncope (fainting), diagnosed or reported symptoms
- Cannot give consent to the trial
Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
Where in United Kingdom
- Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, United KingdomTaking people
- South Tees Hospital TrustNorthallerton, United KingdomTaking people
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustStockton-on-Tees, United KingdomTaking 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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Samantha Harrison
- Trial code
- NCT07750821
- Record updated
- 14 August 2026
- Original description
This study aims to see if a co-designed balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is acceptable to people with COPD and if the study procedures, including recruitment and the collection of outcomes, is feasible.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Pilot Feasibility, Multi-centre, Randomised Controlled Trial of Balance Training Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Balance in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
This study aims to see if a co-designed balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is acceptable to people with COPD and if the study procedures, including recruitment and the collection of outcomes, is feasible.
Inclusion: Adults with spirometry confirmed diagnosis of COPD as per GOLD guidelines (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or physician confirmed COPD diagnosis; Answers yes to one or more of the Three Key Questions* or Timed up and Go Test result > 11 seconds; An ability and capacity to provide consent to the trial; Q1. Have you fallen in the past year? Q2. Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Q3. Do you have worries about falling?.
Exclusion: Any neurological, musculoskeletal, chronic pain or other diagnoses that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the ability of the participant to safely complete PR and balance training; Unable to comprehend instruction given verbally in English language; Where there is concern that the primary cause of balance issues could be due to problems with visual function, vestibular disturbance or peripheral neuropathy; Diagnosis of, or patient-reported symptoms of, vasovagal syncope.