NCT02037971

Aerobic Exercise on Improving Sleep in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Effectiveness of Exercise Training in Improving Sleep in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Controlled Randomized Trial.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 69 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of exercise training on improving sleep in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Detailed description

This study will test the effectiveness of aerobic exercise on improving sleep in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The subjects will do treadmill 2 times per week, from 15-20 min. with low to moderate(55-65% maxCF) intensity exercise, so 30 min. until 4ª week. From the 5ª to 8ª week they will be able to make greater efforts to 35-40 min. totalizing 16 weeks. The control group will not do exercise and will receive education class about disease, health, sleep, 1 time per month.

Conditions

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Sleep Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Aerobic Exercise	From 1st week up to and including 4th week, subjects will do: 5 minutes warm-up, then 15-30 minutes low to moderate (55-65% VO2) exercise, then 15 minutes stretching. From 5th week up to and including 16th week, subjects will do: 5 minutes warm-up, then intermittent training for between 30-40 minutes, then 10 minutes stretching.
OTHER	Control Group	The control group will have monthly meetings to learn about: good sleep habits, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (their disease) and general good health.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2014-01-16
• Last updated: 2014-01-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil