Fitness and Exercise for People With Arthritis

Arthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Fitness and Functional Exercise for People With Arthritis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00252070
• Other study ID #: CDC-NCCDPHP-ASPH3497
• Secondary ID: ASPH3497
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: November 10, 2005
• Last updated: September 6, 2007
• Start date: November 2005
• Est. completion date: January 2007

Study information

• Verified date: September 2007
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a progressive, land-based exercise program, that includes muscular and aerobic conditioning, resistance and stabilization exercises and balance training, for persons with arthritis.

Description:

There is evidence that people with arthritis who participate in appropriate types of physical activity can improve physical function and pain management. Most existing programs focus on improving flexibility and balance. Less attention has been paid to conditioning and overall functional fitness. To address some of these concerns, this study will develop, evaluate, and implement a non-aquatic physical activity program to increase health-related functional fitness in community-dwelling adults with arthritis. Specific goals are:

1. To develop a systematic and progressive program (FEPA: Functional Exercise for Persons with Arthritis) that integrates muscular and aerobic conditioning, balance and trunk/pelvic stabilization exercises emphasizing joint-protective, multi-plane movement patterns that mimic those used in everyday activities.

2. Implement the FEPA program in an ethnically diverse, low SES community sample of older adults with arthritis.

3. Conduct process, outcomes and impact evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the FEPA program for increasing short- and immediate-term health and functional fitness outcomes.

4. Evaluate the sustainability of the FEPA program through a program logic model process and identify inputs, activities and outputs that contribute to successful program implementation and the building of community capacity to support long-term program maintenance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 154
• Est. completion date: January 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis

• No physical limitations precluding exercise participation

• Negative screen for CVD (PAR-Q)

• Age 20+

• English or Spanish speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of any condition for which exercise is contraindicated

• Physical inability to complete exercise program

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Functional Exercise for People with Arthritis (FEPA)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	San Diego State University	San Diego	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Six-minute walk
Primary	8-foot up-and-go
Primary	Arm curl
Primary	Back scratch
Primary	AIMS-2
Secondary	Arthritis self-efficacy
Secondary	Physical activity level
Secondary	Pain VAS