NCT04114448

Therapeutic Exercise in Patients With Hemophilia

Therapeutic Exercise: Does it Improve Pain Perception, Range of Movement and Quality of Life in Patients With Hemophilia

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Seville · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 30 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives: To assess the efficacy of performing a therapeutic exercise program, compared with usual care, on pain relief, range of movement and self-perceived quality of life in patients with hemophilia Design: Quantitative, experimental, longitudinal and prospective study. Subjects: Male patients between 30 and 45 years old, with hemophilia type A or B and with knee, ankle or elbow arthropathy caused by hemophilia. Participants may be undergoing a pharmacologic treatment with intravenous VIII and/or IX factor Methods: Participants in the experimental group will an intervention based on therapeutic exercise. One therapist will instruct the patients during two sessions (each lasting approximately 1 hour). Participants will be asked to continue this program at least twice a week. Meanwhile, those in the control group will receive usual physical therapy care, based on a more passive approach, including self-assisted joint mobilization and muscle stretching. Those in the control group will be also instructed to perform the protocol at home, at least twice a week. The intervention protocol in both groups will last three months

Conditions

• Hemophilia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Therapeutic exercise	Patients will perform an exercise protocol specifically designed for patients with hemophilia that will include exercises focused on improving range of movement, strength, flexibility, balance and coordination as well as diaphragmatic breathing at the start and at the beginning of each session.
OTHER	Usual physical therapy care	Patients will undergo usual physical therapy treatment for hemophiliacs, based on affected self and gentle joint mobilization and stretching of muscles involved in the affected joints.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-04-01
• Completion: 2023-04-01
• First posted: 2019-10-03
• Last updated: 2023-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain