Efficacy of Hydrotherapy in Peripheral Neuropathy

Peripheral Neuropathy Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02714517
• Other study ID #: idrokinesi.neuropatie
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 10, 2016
• Last updated: September 29, 2016
• Start date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Italy: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of hydrotherapy on pain and balance in patients affected by neuropathy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. primary completion date: June 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients affected by peripherical neuropathy able to walk

Exclusion Criteria:

• pain of water

• medical contraindications at treatment in heated swimming pool

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
• Peripheral Neuropathy

Intervention

Other:
• hydrotherapy
30 minutes sessions of physiotherapy exercises in heated pool (32°C), three times per week for four weeks
• on land therapy
30 minutes sessions of physiotherapy exercises on land, three times per week for four weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Ospedale generale di zona Moriggia Pelascini	Gravedona ed Uniti	CO

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	balance change assessed using Berg Balance Scale		0 and 4 weeks	No
Primary	disability change assessed using Functional Independence Measure scale		0 and 4 weeks	No
Primary	gait change assessed using Dynamic Gait Index scale		0 and 4 weeks	No
Primary	gait change assessed using Functional Ambulation Classification scale		0 and 4 weeks	Yes
Primary	pain change assessed using Overall Neuropathy Limitation Scale		0 and 4 weeks	No
Primary	disability change assessed using Neuropathy Pain Scale		0 and 4 weeks	No