Vibration exercise training for lung disease patients

This trial is testing whether vibration exercise—a short, gentle form of physical therapy where your body or legs vibrate on a special platform—can help people with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a serious lung condition). The researchers want to see if this type of vibration training can make your legs stronger, help you exercise longer without getting as tired or short of breath, and improve your overall quality of life.

Standard pulmonary rehabilitation (breathing and exercise therapy) works well for COPD patients, but the researchers want to find new ways to make it even more effective. Vibration training is quick, safe, and might be easier for some patients than traditional exercise, so this study is testing whether adding it to regular rehabilitation helps people with COPD recover better.