6MWT With and Without Walker

Sponsor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT03627273
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Elderly subjects repeated 6MWT with or without walker

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Diagnostic Test: 6 minutes walking test with walker
  • Diagnostic Test: 6 minutes walking test
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
86 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Crossover Assignment
Masking:
Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose:
Other
Official Title:
Comparison of 6 Minute Walk Test With and Without Walker
Actual Study Start Date :
Jul 1, 2014
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2015
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jan 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: walker

'6 minutes walking test' with a walker

Diagnostic Test: 6 minutes walking test with walker
to walk during 6 minutes with walker

Active Comparator: no walker

'6 minutes walking test' without walker

Diagnostic Test: 6 minutes walking test
to walk during 6 minutes with walker

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. six minutes walking test [six minutes]

    distance

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Modified Borg scale [six minutes]

    dyspnea

  2. heart rate [six minutes]

    heart beat rate

  3. pulsed oxygen saturation [six minutes]

    saturation pulsed oxygen

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
65 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • clinically stable

  • aged over 65 years

  • could walk

  • did not use walker frames in routine

Exclusion Criteria:
  • criteria outlined in the European respiratory society/American thoracic society technical standard related to 6MWT

  • impaired cognitive function

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc Brussels Belgium 1200

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT03627273
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 6MWTrollator
First Posted:
Aug 13, 2018
Last Update Posted:
Feb 25, 2019
Last Verified:
Feb 1, 2019
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 25, 2019