Efficacy of Physiotherapy on the Health and Quality of Life of the Rheumatic Patient

NCT ID: NCT02020668

Last Updated: 2014-05-07

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

82 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-05-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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Despite leading cause of morbidity, treatment strategies for Rheumatic diseases are geared almost exclusively toward medical-pharmacological area away from offering the patient the possibility of an interdisciplinary approach to their disease.

Present study test whether treatment of physiotherapy reduces stiffness and pain inherent in rheumatic disease and improve their quality of life related to health.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatic Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy included joint protection strategies, performance of therapeutic exercises and patient education.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Wait list control

Wait list control received standard care and were invited to join the physiotherapy once intervention period is finished.

Group Type OTHER

Wait list control

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Wait list control

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients older than 18 years
* History of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) symptoms for less than 7 years
* Had RA by American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
* ACR functional RA class I, II or III
* Hemoglobin more than 8g/dL without evidence of active bleeding
* Positive for rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti cyclic citrullinated protein
* standard conventional medicine were allowed within the approved dosage regimen

Exclusion Criteria

* connective tissue disease
* any other alternative or complementary medicine with in last 3 months.
* corticosteroid, disease modifying medicines
* Poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis, cardiac disease, liver diseases, carcinoma, drug abuse
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NMP Medical Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Warwick Research Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Macmillan Research Group UK

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Neha Sharma, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Macmillan Research Group

Om Prakash Sharma, MBBS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Life Line Hospital, Sikar, India

Locations

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Life Line Hospital

Sīkar, Rajasthan, India

Site Status

Countries

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India

Central Contacts

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Virendra Shekhawat, MA

Role: CONTACT

+91-8824260512

Facility Contacts

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Deepika Ratan

Role: primary

9413623113

Other Identifiers

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Mac/NMP 1210

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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