NCT04267354

Arm Cycling in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD) Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators believe that arm cycling has the potential to be effective in maintaining or improving shoulder muscle functioning. However, there is no evidence for its safety or effectiveness in the upper extremity. The aim of the study is to establish the ability of FSHD sufferers to perform arm cycling to underpin the future design of an arm exercise trial. The study hypothesis is that the limited range of shoulder movement and muscle weakness should not impact the ability of FSHD sufferers to perform arm cycling.

Conditions

• Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Arm cycling	The arm cycle will be placed on table with height adjusted to be the same as the acromion (highest point on shoulder). Participants will start arm cycling at a low intensity and increase as per tolerance. They will exercise for a maximum of two minutes at a time, followed by a rest period for 30 seconds. In this manner 5 cycles of exercise and rest will be performed. The exercise sessions are anticipated to last a maximum of 20 minutes, depending on the patient's abilities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-14
• Primary completion: 2018-07-14
• Completion: 2018-07-18
• First posted: 2020-02-12
• Last updated: 2020-02-12