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Low-Volume Whole-Body Vibration Training Improves Exercise Capacity in Subjects With Mild to Severe COPD

Marc Spielmanns, Tobias Boeselt, Rainer Gloeckl, Anja Klutsch, Henrike Fischer, Henryk Polanski, Christoph Nell, Jan H Storre, Wolfram Windisch and Andreas R Koczulla
Respiratory Care March 2017, 62 (3) 315-323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.05154
Marc Spielmanns
Medical Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Leverkusen (April), Remigius Hospital, Leverkusen Opladen, Germany.
Faculty of Health, Department of Pneumology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
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Tobias Boeselt
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Rainer Gloeckl
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany and the Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Sports Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Anja Klutsch
Medical Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Leverkusen (April), Remigius Hospital, Leverkusen Opladen, Germany.
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Henrike Fischer
Department of Medicine, Training and Health, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Henryk Polanski
Medical Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Leverkusen (April), Remigius Hospital, Leverkusen Opladen, Germany.
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Christoph Nell
Department of Medicine, Training and Health, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Jan H Storre
Department of Pneumology, Cologne Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Koeln GmbH, Cologne, Germany.
Department of Pneumology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany.
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Wolfram Windisch
Faculty of Health, Department of Pneumology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.
Department of Pneumology, Cologne Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Koeln GmbH, Cologne, Germany.
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Andreas R Koczulla
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate the benefits of a low-volume out-patient whole-body vibration training (WBVT) program on exercise capacity in comparison with a calisthenics training program in subjects with COPD.

METHODS: In this single-center randomized controlled trial, 29 subjects with mild to severe COPD were randomized to WBVT or to calisthenics training, including relaxation and breathing retraining in combination with calisthenics exercises. Both groups equally exercised for a duration of 3 months with 2 sessions of 30 min/week. Outcome parameters were 6-min walk distance (6MWD, primary outcome), 5-repetition sit-to-stand test, leg press peak force, Berg balance scale, St George Respiratory Questionnaire, and COPD assessment test.

RESULTS: Twenty-seven subjects completed the study (WBVT, n = 14; calisthenics training program, n = 13). Baseline characteristics between groups were comparable. Subjects in the WBVT group significantly improved median (interquartile range) 6MWD (+105 [45.5–133.5] m, P = .001), sit-to-stand test (−2.3 [−3.1 to −1.3] s, P = .001), peak force (28.7 [16.7–33.3] kg, P = .001), and Berg balance scale (1.5 [0.0–4.0] points, P = .055). Changes in 6MWD, sit-to-stand test, and leg press peak force were also found to be significantly different between groups in favor of the WBVT group. Only the between-group difference of the COPD assessment test score was in favor of the calisthenics training group (P = .02).

CONCLUSIONS: A low-volume WBVT program resulted in significantly and clinically relevant larger improvements in exercise capacity compared with calisthenics exercises in subjects with mild to severe COPD. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration DRKS9706.)

  • exercise test
  • COPD
  • physical exercise
  • training

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  • Correspondence: Marc Spielmanns MD, Medical Clinic and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Leverkusen (April), Remigius Hospital, Leverkusen Opladen, Germany. E-mail: spielmanns{at}k-plus.de.
  • The authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.

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Marc Spielmanns, Tobias Boeselt, Rainer Gloeckl, Anja Klutsch, Henrike Fischer, Henryk Polanski, Christoph Nell, Jan H Storre, Wolfram Windisch, Andreas R Koczulla
Respiratory Care Mar 2017, 62 (3) 315-323; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.05154

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Marc Spielmanns, Tobias Boeselt, Rainer Gloeckl, Anja Klutsch, Henrike Fischer, Henryk Polanski, Christoph Nell, Jan H Storre, Wolfram Windisch, Andreas R Koczulla
Respiratory Care Mar 2017, 62 (3) 315-323; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.05154
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