Exercise Therapy Program in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients

NCT ID: NCT01690273

Last Updated: 2016-10-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2014-11-30

Brief Summary

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Mobility exercises are used in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients to preserve and restore axial mobility, but there are no data regarding a specific rehabilitation program that includes flexibility alone and its association with resistance exercises in AS patients with stable disease activity. So, we assessed the effects of two exercise programs in terms of mobility, functional capacity, quality of life and disease activity in AS patients. Methods. Fifty-five sedentary AS patients with a Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Activity Index (BASDAI) \<4 were included.

Detailed Description

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The AS patients were randomly assigned into three groups, to receive a mobility exercise program (M) or mobility plus elastic resistance exercise program (M+R) or no exercise (C). The exercises group sessions were conducted twice per week for 16 weeks. This supervised program comprised 30 minutes of outdoor stretching and mobility exercises for the spine and limbs (M). After the flexibility program, M+R group carry out more 30 minutes of elastic resistance exercises. The mobility, disease activity and functional parameters were evaluated at baseline and after 16 weeks, with the evaluator blinded to the treatment group.

Conditions

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Ankylosing Spondylitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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ankylosing spondylitis control

control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

mobility exercise

mobility exercises

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

mobility exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

30 minutes, twice a week

mobility and elastic resistance exercise

AS patients was submitted to a program mobility exercise plus elastic resistance exercises

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

mobility and elastic resistance exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

30 minutes, twice a week each exercises group. (total 1 hour)

Interventions

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mobility exercise

30 minutes, twice a week

Intervention Type OTHER

mobility and elastic resistance exercise

30 minutes, twice a week each exercises group. (total 1 hour)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ankylosing spondylitis patient
* Basdai index lower than 4
* Physical inactive
* Functional class I to III

Exclusion Criteria

* Fibromyalgia
* Cardiovascular disease
* Pain Visual Analogue Scale ("VAS") over 8
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Sao Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Andrea Lopes Gallinaro

MASTER

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ana Lucia Pinto, Phd

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Sao Paulo

Locations

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University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

References

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Yigit S, Sahin Z, Demir SE, Aytac DH. Home-based exercise therapy in ankylosing spondylitis: short-term prospective study in patients receiving tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors. Rheumatol Int. 2013 Jan;33(1):71-7. doi: 10.1007/s00296-011-2344-6. Epub 2012 Jan 5.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22218641 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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8206212

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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