Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
<h4>Background</h4>Patients with asthma often consider their symptomatology a barrier to exercise, leading to a reduced physical activity level. This study aims to determine whether the effect of a Nordic walking (NW) training program plus education and usual care is superior to educatio...
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| author | María Vilanova-Pereira Cristina Jácome Manuel Jorge Rial Prado Margarita Barral-Fernández Marina Blanco Aparicio Lara Fontán García-Boente Ana Lista-Paz |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Patients with asthma often consider their symptomatology a barrier to exercise, leading to a reduced physical activity level. This study aims to determine whether the effect of a Nordic walking (NW) training program plus education and usual care is superior to educational and usual care only, in terms of exercise tolerance and other health-related outcomes in patients with asthma. The second aim is to explore the patients' experience with the NW program.<h4>Methods</h4>A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with 114 adults with asthma recruited in sanitary area of A Coruña, Spain. Participants will be randomized to NW or control groups in blocks of six and in the same proportion in each group. Participants in the NW group will enrol in supervised sessions during eight weeks, three times/week. All participants will receive three educational sessions on asthma self-management plus usual care (S1 Appendix). Outcomes such as exercise tolerance (primary outcome), physical activity level, asthma-related symptoms and asthma control, dyspnea, lung function, handgrip strength, health related quality of life, quality of sleep, treatment adherence and healthcare resources use will be measured pre and postintervention, and at three and six months of follow-up. Participants in the NW group will additionally participate in focus groups.<h4>Discussion</h4>This is the first study analysing the effect of NW in patients with asthma. NW combined with education and usual care is expected to improve exercise tolerance, but also asthma-related outcomes. If this hypothesis is confirmed, a new community-based therapeutic approach will be available for patients with asthma.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Study registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with number of register NCT05482620. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4aa94204c1d418d996ad696f1cdcda72023-04-21T05:33:09ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01183e028100710.1371/journal.pone.0281007Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.María Vilanova-PereiraCristina JácomeManuel Jorge Rial PradoMargarita Barral-FernándezMarina Blanco AparicioLara Fontán García-BoenteAna Lista-Paz<h4>Background</h4>Patients with asthma often consider their symptomatology a barrier to exercise, leading to a reduced physical activity level. This study aims to determine whether the effect of a Nordic walking (NW) training program plus education and usual care is superior to educational and usual care only, in terms of exercise tolerance and other health-related outcomes in patients with asthma. The second aim is to explore the patients' experience with the NW program.<h4>Methods</h4>A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with 114 adults with asthma recruited in sanitary area of A Coruña, Spain. Participants will be randomized to NW or control groups in blocks of six and in the same proportion in each group. Participants in the NW group will enrol in supervised sessions during eight weeks, three times/week. All participants will receive three educational sessions on asthma self-management plus usual care (S1 Appendix). Outcomes such as exercise tolerance (primary outcome), physical activity level, asthma-related symptoms and asthma control, dyspnea, lung function, handgrip strength, health related quality of life, quality of sleep, treatment adherence and healthcare resources use will be measured pre and postintervention, and at three and six months of follow-up. Participants in the NW group will additionally participate in focus groups.<h4>Discussion</h4>This is the first study analysing the effect of NW in patients with asthma. NW combined with education and usual care is expected to improve exercise tolerance, but also asthma-related outcomes. If this hypothesis is confirmed, a new community-based therapeutic approach will be available for patients with asthma.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Study registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with number of register NCT05482620.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281007 |
| spellingShingle | María Vilanova-Pereira Cristina Jácome Manuel Jorge Rial Prado Margarita Barral-Fernández Marina Blanco Aparicio Lara Fontán García-Boente Ana Lista-Paz Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full | Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| title_short | Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. |
| title_sort | effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281007 |
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