Partitioned Training of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

intervention -1-leg cycle training: partitioned aerobic exercise training

usual care - 2-leg cycle training: conventional aerobic exercise training

Study summary

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that limits the ability to breathe enough for a good workout. One way to improve the exercise training is to reduce the number of muscles being trained together. By training one leg at a time, the patient does not have to breathe as much allowing each leg a better workout. Our groundwork suggests it may work in patients with IPF. This study will help decide whether one-legged exercise training is better at improving a patient's exercise endurance compared to the usual way of exercising with both legs at the same time.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Cycle exercise endurance time — Change from Baseline at discharge from 8 weeks of pulmonary rehabilitation
  tolerance (time) of a constant power high intensity cycle endurance test

Trial sites (1)

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