Feasibility of Integrating Street Racket Into Ambulatory Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Street Racket.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Physical Activities, Exercise Therapy. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Switzerland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Acceptability, Appropriateness and Feasibility of Integrating Street Racket Into Ambulatory Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Prospective, Single-Arm Feasibility Study
Overview
This study looks at whether Street Racket is a feasable activity that can be added to pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic lung disease. Participants complete short questionnaires at the start and end of the program to rate the feasibility and rate their breathlessness during each session. Attendance is recorded to understand how well the activity is used and whether there are any barriers.
Detailed description
Pulmonary rehabilitation (APR) is an effective and cost-efficient treatment for people with chronic lung diseases, as it can reduce hospital admissions and improve health. Despite this, many patients do not take part or drop out early. Common reasons include low motivation, difficulty attending sessions, or fear that the exercises are too demanding.
Street Racket is a simple, playful, and flexible form of physical activity that may help overcome these barriers. It is easy to adapt, enjoyable in a group setting, and similar in intensity to existing pulmonary rehabilitation exercises. Social and team-based activities like Street Racket may also have positive effects on mental well-being.
The study aims to assess how feasible the activity is, how well it is accepted by participants, and whether it can offer a more engaging and sustainable training option within APR.
Participation in Street Racket sessions is voluntary and possible with or without study participation. For those who take part in the study, the training itself is exactly the same as for non-participants. The only difference is the additional data collection.
Participants are asked to complete a short questionnaire after their first and last Street Racket session about how appropriate and feasible the activity feels. During each session, participants also rate their average and maximum breathlessness. Attendance is recorded, and if someone is absent, the reason is noted when known.
In addition, routinely collected data from pulmonary rehabilitation-such as diagnosis, medication, and standard clinical test results-are analyzed.
Training sessions are adapted to group size and ability level and usually consist of several short playing intervals with breaks and a cool-down. The activity can be modified to match different fitness levels, allowing people with varying physical capacities to participate together.
Study participation ends automatically when the pulmonary rehabilitation program is completed.
Interventions
- Other Street Racket
Street racket will be offered as an additional, optional training once session for patients once every two weeks within the ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation program. The session begins with a 10-minute warm-up led by a physiotherapist, followed by 45 minutes of street racket play. The content of each session will be adapted based on group size and the playing level of the participants. A typical session structure consists of four intervals of 8 minutes of play, each separated by 2-minute brea
Primary outcome measures
- Acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of Street Racket [Time frame: Each at the first training and at the end of the pulmonary rehabilitation (after max. 3 months).]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Safety and Tolerability) [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
- Adherance rate [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
- Drop-out rate [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
- Perceived dyspnea [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
- Qualitative Participant Feedback [Time frame: After each street racket session, from enrollment until termination of ambulatory pulmonary rehabilitation (max 3 months).]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Any sex or gender
- Age >18 years
- Prescribed APR by a physician and currently participating in APR at the USZ
- Physically and psychologically capable of following instructions and standing/walking for up to one hour (short, seated breaks are allowed if needed)
Exclusion criteria
- Require supplemental oxygen therapy that cannot be delivered via a portable backpack system (e.g., large oxygen cylinders on wheels, which pose a fall risk)
- Are unable to follow study procedures due to language barriers, psychological conditions, or orthopaedic limitations that prevent them from standing or walking for up to one hour
- Require walking aids due to impaired balance (e.g., walking sticks, rollator, etc.)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Switzerland · 2 centers
- Consultant Clinic of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Zurich — Zurich
- Consultant Clinic of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Zurich — Zurich
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07430943 · APRacket