Do Sports Shoes Help with Walking in Severe COPD?
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether wearing special sports shoes instead of regular shoes can help people with severe COPD walk farther during a six-minute walk test. If you are in a hospital rehabilitation unit and a walk test is planned, you might be able to join.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have been diagnosed with COPD (a lung condition that makes it hard to breathe) and it is severe or very severe.
- You are currently staying in a hospital unit for pulmonary rehabilitation.
- Your doctor has recommended a six-minute walk test to check your walking ability.
- You do not regularly use special sports shoes for daily activities.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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