An Animated Home-based Physical Exercise Program as a Treatment Option for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT ID: NCT02658370

Last Updated: 2016-01-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Study Completion Date

2014-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate feasibility and patients´ assessment using an animated home-based exercise program (Software Wii-fit of the Nintendo Wii game console) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

using the Wii game console by Nintendo

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Intervention Type DEVICE

conventional home-based exercise program

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

conventional home-based exercise program

by using a compilation with 31 exercises especially for rheumatoid arthritis patients

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Intervention Type DEVICE

conventional home-based exercise program

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Intervention Type DEVICE

conventional home-based exercise program

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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software Wii-fit plus

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients fulfilling the 1987 and 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for rheumatoid Arthritis
* Disease activity (patients' global assessment, PtGA) \< 30 mm under therapy with a biological DMARD according to label

Exclusion Criteria

* Epilepsy
* Flare of RA
* A previous use of a Wii console for more than 5 hours
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eugen Feist

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Eugen Feist

MD

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Eugen Feist, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Charité Berlin, Department of rheumatology and clinical immunology

References

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Zernicke J, Kedor C, Muller A, Burmester GR, Reisshauer A, Feist E. A prospective pilot study to evaluate an animated home-based physical exercise program as a treatment option for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Aug 18;17(1):351. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1208-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27538847 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EA1/189/10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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