40
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2004
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2005
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2008
Resistance training
Resistance training: series of 3x8 repetitions will be performed for the quadriceps muscle at 70% of the 1 Repetition Maximum determined as the weight the patient can lift once over the full range of motion. The weight can be applied using free weights or using a classical multi-gym device or a quadriceps chair.
Usual care
usual care according to clinical pathway for COPD, No training
Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven
KU Leuven
OTHER