A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From Abdominal Aorta Surgery

Abdominal Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From an Abdominal Aorta Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00819936
• Other study ID #: B.W 2008/A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: January 8, 2009
• Last updated: January 8, 2009
• Start date: January 2005
• Est. completion date: December 2006

Study information

• Verified date: January 2009
• Source: Medical University of Silesia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Poland: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Summary Question: Does backward walking offer additional therapeutic value in patients after aortic aneurysm surgery? Participants: The study of backward walking as an addictive physiotherapy procedure was conducted in the group of 65 patients who underwent abdominal aorta surgery. The patients were randomly divided into three subgroups and three various models of physiotherapy were applied. Control group has only routine physiotherapy since therapeutic group I and II have also walking exercises forward in group I and backward in group II respectively.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: December 2006
• Est. primary completion date: December 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

• Age 65-75 years

• Male sex

• Stable cardiologic status

• Absence of neurological disorders

• Non-symptomatic aneurysm - non-ruptured

• No pain complaints

• No motion system impairments

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with neurological disorders

• Unstable coronary heart disease symptomatic aortic aneurysm - dissecans aneurysm

• Having difficulty in locomotion

• Having contradiction for starting physical training during the first or second day after surgery

• Patients with psychiatric disease

• Lack of patient's compliance with physiotherapist; AND

• Other medical contraindications

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdominal Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• forward walking
comparison forward walking vs backward walking in the physiotherapy after after abdominal surgery
• backward walking
physiotherapy with use a backward walking type of physiotherapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University of Silesia