Effectiveness of nordic walking in patients with asthma: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Methods

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

SUBMITTER: Vilanova-Pereira M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997906 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature