NCT06226844

Can the BeatMove Device Help Patients With Obliterative Arterial Disease of the Lower Limbs?

Evaluation of the Value of Music Therapy (BeatMove Device) in a 3-month Outpatient Walking Rehabilitation Programme for Patients With Obliterative Arterial Disease of the Lower Limbs (AOMI) at the Stress Ischaemia Stage.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Vascular rehabilitation for arteriopathy of the lower limbs remains little known in France, despite its good results. There are very few rehabilitation centres, and they are overcrowded and expensive. Outpatient walking rehabilitation is under-used, despite recommendations (4). One of the difficulties is getting patients to adhere to the treatment sufficiently and for a long time. According to the Fédération Française de Musicothérapie (FFM), this is a care practice based on sound or musical mediation with the aim of supporting, accompanying or re-educating a patient. Music is used as a means of expression, communication, structuring and relational analysis.The benefits of music therapy for our bodies and our behavior are numerous, including improvements in cognitive functions (attention, memory), psychomotor functions (agility, mobility, coordination) and social-emotional functions (healthymind website 10/03/2021).

Detailed description

Atheromatous obliterative arterial disease of the lower limbs at the stage of exertional ischaemia is characterised by intermittent claudication, defined as pain in the lower limbs on walking, forcing the patient to stop for a few minutes after a distance that varies according to the severity of the arterial damage. Physical exercise, and walking training in particular, plays a fundamental role in the management of patients with arterial disease. The beneficial effects of exercise are well known. A recent Cochrane review showed that exercise improves pain-free walking distance and maximum walking distance by at least 100% in patients with arterial hypertension (2). Exercise also significantly reduces total and cardiovascular mortality (3). In the case of intermittent claudication, medical treatment with supervised vascular rehabilitation is recommended in rehabilitation centres or on an outpatient basis. Vascular rehabilitation for arteriopathy of the lower limbs remains little known in France, despite its good results. There are very few rehabilitation centres, and they are overcrowded and expensive. Outpatient walking rehabilitation is under-used, despite recommendations (4). One of the difficulties is getting patients to adhere to the treatment sufficiently and for a long time. Musico therapy : According to the Fédération Française de Musicothérapie (FFM), this is a care practice based on sound or musical mediation with the aim of supporting, accompanying or re-educating a patient. Music is used as a means of expression, communication, structuring and relational analysis. The benefits of music therapy for our bodies and our behavior are numerous, including improvements in cognitive functions (attention, memory), psychomotor functions (agility, mobility, coordination) and social-emotional functions (healthymind website 10/03/2021).

Conditions

• Atheromatous
• Lower Limb Ischemia
• Artery Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Music therapy walking program	In the experimental group (PEMA BeatMove), patients will benefit from an outpatient walking training program with app-based performance monitoring, combined with music therapy (BeatMove device). The program comprises 36 walking training sessions, with 30
DEVICE	Sham BeatMove	Ambulatory gait training program with performance monitoring via an app, combined with sham music therapy (BeatMove device). The program includes 36 gait training sessions, each lasting 30 minutes. Patients will complete three walking sessions per week for three months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-14
• Primary completion: 2027-11-01
• Completion: 2027-11-01
• First posted: 2024-01-26
• Last updated: 2025-12-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France