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CompletedNCT01755832

Heated Pool Exercise Groups for Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

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

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
36 (actual)
Sponsor
National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

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).

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREPool exerciseGroup exercise in heated pool one hour per week for 12 weeks.

Timeline

Start date
2012-09-01
Primary completion
2014-10-01
Completion
2015-01-01
First posted
2012-12-24
Last updated
2015-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01755832. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.