NCT03636815

The Effect of Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients With Left Ventricular Assistive Device on Physical Function

The Effect of Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients With Left Ventricular Assistive Device (LVAD) on Physical Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To retrospectively investigate the effect of physical therapy intervention on improving physical function of patients post left ventricular assist device (LVAD) through electronic medical record survey

Detailed description

Method: Using portable electronic medical record system in National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), retrospectively survey medical record of patients who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) operation in NTUH, compare improvement among those who had received physical therapy intervention and those who hadn't. Inclusion criteria: aged older than 20 years old; diagnosed with heart failure and need LVAD implantation Progress: Note down patients' clinical signs and symptoms, drug usage, imaging findings, physical therapy intervention details, and recovery of functional status. Physical therapy intervention details include: onset symptoms, history, treatment frequency, treatment type, any signs and symptoms during treatment progress and recovery of functional status post physical therapy.

Conditions

• Left Ventricular Assist Device
• Physical Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	physical therapy	Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation for patients who receive left ventricle assist device

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-08
• Primary completion: 2019-03-08
• Completion: 2019-03-08
• First posted: 2018-08-17
• Last updated: 2019-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan