Activity, Balance and COPD (ABCOPD)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Activity, Balance and COPD: An exploratory study of physical activity and balance in COPD (ABCOPD)
IRAS ID
258399
Contact name
Nicholas Hopkinson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN00000000
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 4 days
Research summary
People with chronic lung diseases, such as COPD, often have balance problems. This can lead to increased falls, reduced levels of physical activity and difficulties completing activities of daily living. Although a major issue, little is known about the impact of COPD on balance in free living conditions, how best to assess this, the relationship between type and intensity of physical activity; and the potential use of dance to improve balance in COPD.
The main research question being addressed is: How does COPD affect balance and physical activity, and does clinical assessment relate to problems in normal life.
This research is of benefit and importance to patients as it will improve understanding of a major contributing factor to morbidity in COPD. This will help improve assessment and treatment.
Broadly this study focuses on balance and physical activity for people with COPD. There is a subcomponent that will investigate the potential of using dance to improve balance problems and physical activity levels for these patients.
Stable patients with COPD will be eligible to participate.
Study locations: Clinical assessments at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals; ambulatory monitoring in the patients normal living environment. The dance group takes place in a community hall (which takes place independently of the research project).
Participation in the main study would be two episodes of assessment lasting one week each. Each assessment includes a 2-hour clinical evaluation where participants will be asked questions about their health, lives, physical activity and balance, and then undertake various tasks to assess balance and physical capacity. This is followed by one-week of ambulatory monitoring with a fixed-body sensor, when participants go about their normal daily activities. The same assessment would be repeated after 2 months to check the assessments are reproducible.REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
19/NI/0073
Date of REC Opinion
24 May 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion