NCT04711993

Investigation of the Effects of Different Exercise Programs in Patients With Restless Legs Syndrome.

Investigation of the Effects of Different Exercise Programs on Symptoms, Sleep, Cognitive Functions, Fatigue, Quality of Life, and Psychological Status in Patients With Restless Legs Syndrome.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gulhane School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a very common neurological condition characterized by an uncontrollable desire to move the legs. Due to the traumatic effect of RLS on morbidity, the patient is negatively affected in many different directions. The duration and quality of sleep of the patients decrease, and their cognitive functions change. The prevalence or risk of anxiety and depression increases in this population. At the same time, the quality of life of patients is significantly reduced. Among the different pharmacological agents used in RLS, dopamine agonists are the most widely used. However, the reporting of serious and common side effects related to this treatment has led to non-pharmacological approaches in the treatment of RLS and the effectiveness of many different approaches has been investigated. The exercise approach, which is determined to be effective in the treatment of the disease, is a subject that has been little studied. The type, duration and frequency of optimal exercise could not be standardized. In addition, the effect of exercise on RLS patients has been investigated in limited subjects. For this reason, the aim of our study is to examine the effect of different exercise programs on symptoms, sleep, cognitive functions, quality of life, psychological status and fatigue in patients with RLS.

Conditions

• Restless Legs Syndrome
• Anxiety
• Sleep

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aerobic exercise	Patients will do aerobic exercise three days a week for 40 minutes during 8 weeks. Aerobic exercise protocol will consist of warm up, loading and cooling periods. . Exercise prescription will be prepared in line with the recommendations of "The American College of Sports Medicine".
OTHER	Stretchin exercise	Patients will do stretching exercise three days a week for 40 minutes during 8 weeks. Stretching exercises will start with active warm-up activities. Static stretching method will be used.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-17
• Primary completion: 2022-08-17
• Completion: 2022-09-17
• First posted: 2021-01-15
• Last updated: 2022-12-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)