NCT06198985

The Effect of Dynamic Balance Exercises on Balance in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis.

The Effect of Dynamic Balance Exercises Added to Current Medical Treatment on Balance in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hakan Alkan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of dynamic balance exercises added to current medical treatment on balance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Detailed description

The study was planned as a randomized controlled study. Forty participants with a clinically confirmed diagnosis of AS according to ASAS criteria will be recruited from the PAU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR). These participants who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomly divided into 2 groups. The trial will be carried out at Pamukkale University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation between January 2024 and July 2025. The local ethics committee approved the study. All participants will be informed about the purpose and content of the study and will sign written consent to participate in the study. Participant's age, gender, body mass index, education, occupation, medications, duration of diagnosis, comorbidity, functional status and pain will be questioned and recorded. Group1: Group receiving dynamic balance exercise with tecnobody prokin 252 balance device added to current medical treatment (Intervention group) The first group will be given dynamic balance exercises with the tecnobody prokin 252 device and participants will continue their current medical treatment. These dynamic balance exercises will be performed in 3 days a week for 6 weeks. Each exercise will last 30 minutes. It will take 18 sessions in total. These exercises include 14 balance exercise movements performed on tecnobody prokin 252 balance device (manufactured in Italy). Group 2: Group receiving current medical treatment (control group) Participants in this group will receive only current medical treatment. Care will be taken not to change the medical treatments of the participants during the study. All participants will be evaluated with the following evaluation parameters before the treatment and at the end of 6 weeks.

Conditions

• Ankylosing Spondylitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dynamic balance exercise with tecnobody prokin 252 balance device	Dynamic balance exercise with tecnobody prokin 252 balance device

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-01
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2024-01-10
• Last updated: 2024-01-10