Video-Game workouts boost lung Patients' fitness at home
NCT ID NCT04816825
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a home-based exercise program using an exergaming (video-game exercise) system, supervised remotely by a physiotherapist, could improve physical fitness and quality of life in people with COPD. 92 participants were randomly assigned to either the exergaming program or usual care for 12 weeks. The main goal was to see if the exergaming group improved their ability to stand up from a chair repeatedly in one minute, a measure of physical fitness.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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92 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Willingness to participate and signed informed consent form 2. Diagnosis of COPD 3. FEV1/FVC (post bronchodilator) \<0.7 4. GOLD severity grade B/D 5. FEV, \< 80% predicted 6. Cognitive ability relevant for the studies as judged by the investigator 7. Living in their own home and able to manage their activities of daily living Exclusion Criteria: 1. Rapidly progressing severe disease other than COPD and COPD-related diseases. 2. Influencing the HRQOL during the study time as judged by the investigator, e.g. long-term stay (\>2 weeks) away from home during the study period. 3. Inability to communicate in Swedish. 4. Any condition that may interfere with the possibility for the subject to comply with the study protocol. 5. Already participating in the pulmonary rehabilitation training group 2 times a week.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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COPD-Center
Gothenburg, VGR, 413 45, Sweden
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