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Passive Heat Therapy for People With COPD
Sponsor: University of British Columbia
Summary
People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often develop high blood pressure and heart disease due to their sedentary lifestyle and difficulty exercising. The investigators will test if heating can mimic the health benefits of exercise by monitoring the increase in leg blood-flow using ultrasound during a 45-minute hot-water footbath. The patients will then undergo 6-weeks of hot-water footbaths to examine whether the changes to blood-flow lead to improvements in blood pressure and other indicators of heart disease risk.
Official title: The Acute and Chronic Benefits of Passive Heat Therapy for People With COPD
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
32
Start Date
2023-08-17
Completion Date
2026-05-31
Last Updated
2025-04-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Passive Heat Therapy
The intervention will consist of 6 weeks of repeated (3x/week) 45-min lower-leg immersions.
Sham Immersion
The sham intervention will consist of 6 weeks of repeated (3x/week) 45-min lower-leg immersions.
Locations (1)
University of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada