NCT06658548

Isometric Hand Grip Exercise and Lung Function in COPD

Completed NA Last updated 13 June 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Isometric handgrip exercise training with resistance exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in 48 participants. Completed in 28 February 2025.

Timeline

1 September 2024

Primary endpoint
30 December 2024

28 February 2025

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Riphah International University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	48
Start date	1 September 2024
Primary completion	30 December 2024
Estimated completion	28 February 2025
Sites	1 location across Pakistan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Isometric handgrip exercise training with resistance exercise
• Resistance Exercise

Conditions studied

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease — all drugs for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease →

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Who can join

Adults 40 to 70, any sex, with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable lung disease. People with COPD must work harder to breathe, which can lead to shortness of breath and/or feeling tired. Early in the disease, people with COPD may feel short of breath when they exercise. As the disease progresses, it can be hard to breathe out (exhale) or even breathe in (inhale). A person with COPD may have obstructive bronchiolitis emphysema, or a combination of both conditions. There is variety of treatment like breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training exercises, resistance training and aerobic exercise to improve lung function as well as to decrease the chances of cardiopulmonary complications. the purpose of this study it to observe the effects of hand gripping isometric exercises on pulmonary functions in COPD patients.

Study design will be randomized clinical trial in which experiment group will receive isometric training with resistance training and other group will only receive resistance training . Total forty eight participates will recruited with convince sampling, after that we will use simple random sampling to divide the patient into both equal groups. Digital spirometry will be used to document the pulmonary function also to observe the difference in post treatment.Data analysis will be done using SPSS version 25.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.