Heated Pool Exercise Groups for Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

Rheumatic Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Better Everyday-life With Heated Pool Exercise Groups for Patients With Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01755832
• Other study ID #: 2011/1654
• Secondary ID: NRF2012OSL2012
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 15, 2012
• Last updated: January 8, 2015
• Start date: September 2012
• Est. completion date: January 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Regional Ethics Commitee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of heated pool group exercises for patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases with regard to symptoms (pain, fatigue, stiffness and ability to carry out daily activities).

Description:

The patients receive text messages on mobile phones twice a week for circa 40 weeks. The text messages ask for pain, fatigue, stiffness and ability to carry out everyday activities. The patients should respond with a number from 0 to 10, where 0 is no symptoms/no hindering of activity and 10 is worst symptoms/worst hindering of activity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: January 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Referral from a medical doctor to group exercises in heated pool

• Inflammatory rheumatic joint disease

• > 18 years

• Stable disease

• Mobile phone owner

• Understand and use text messages on mobile phones

Exclusion Criteria:

• Independent living

• Joint surgery previous to the study start

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rheumatic Disease
• Rheumatic Diseases

Intervention

Procedure:
• Pool exercise
Group exercise in heated pool one hour per week for 12 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	National resource center for rehabilitation in rheumatology	Oslo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Activity	How much do your health problems affect your ability to conduct daily activities? The outcome is assessed on a ten-point rating scale ranging from zero to ten with "0" representing "no affect" and "10" representing "extreme affect".	40 weeks	No
Primary	Pain	How much pain do you have at present? The outcome is measured on a ten-point numeric rating scale (NRS) ranging from zero to ten with "0" representing "no pain" and "10" representing "extreme pain".	40 weeks	No
Primary	Fatigue	How much fatigue do you have at present? The outcome is assesses on a ten-point rating scale ranging from zero to ten with "0" representing "no fatigue" and "10" representing "extreme fatigue"	40 weeks	No
Primary	Stiffness	How much stiffness do you have at present? The outcome is assessed on a ten-point numeric rating scale with "0" representing "no stiffness" and "10" representing "extreme stiffness".	40 weeks	No

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