Trunk Stabilization Exercises at Lipoedema Patients

Lipedema Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Trunk Stabilization Exercises on Postural Stability at Lipoedema Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04166084
• Other study ID #: bvuakos1
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2019
• Source: Bezmialem Vakif University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Lipedema is a chronic, progressive adipose tissue disorder that is mostly seen as a symmetrical growth of the hips and legs, affecting women. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of trunk stabilization exercises in addition to active range of motion exercises on body composition, pain, edema, trunk endurance, functional capacity and postural stability.

Description:

Thirty female patients with upper and lower leg lipedemia were included in the study.

Subjects were divided into two groups as experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15).

The physiotherapy program of the control group will consist of active range of motion exercises and the physiotherapy program in the experimental group will include active range of motion exercises as well as trunk stabilization exercises. After recording demographic data of all subjects, limb volume (environmental measurement), body composition analysis, trunk endurance, pain (Visual Analogue Scale), postural stability (Biodex Balance System®) and functional capacities (6-Minute Walk Test) will be taken.

After the six-week treatment program, all evaluations will be repeated. SPSS (SPSS 21.0) program was used for statistical analysis of the data. Significance level in all analyzes will be accepted as p <0.05.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed with lower or upper type lipedema

• to be able to understand Turkish

• being older than 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed with vestibular disorders

• having orthopedic or neurologic co morbidities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lipedema

Intervention

Other:
• Active ROM Exercises
Active ROM exercises programme will include hip flexion-extention, hip abduction-adduction, hip internal-external rotation, knee flexion-extention and ankle dorsi-plantar flextion exercises.
• Trunk Stabilization Exercises Training
Trunk stabilization exercises training will be given under the supervision of a physiotherapist. This training exercises will include diphragmatic exrecises, posterior pelvic tilt exercises, abdominal streghtening exercises,

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bezmialem Vakif University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Extremity volume	tape measurements	Six weeks
Primary	Body Composition	fat mass; muscle mass	Six weeks
Primary	Extremity pain	Visual Analog Scale	Six weeks
Primary	Endurance	Abdominal endurance tests	Six weeks
Primary	Balance	Change from baseline postural stability test score in BIODE Balance System at 6 weeks.	Six weeks