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The Effects of Adding a Home Exercise Program to a Clinical Physical Therapy Program on Cancer-Related Fatigue

NCT00840554 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if adding a home exercise program to a clinic physical therapy program will improve the fatigue experienced by patients being treated with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy for high grade gliomas.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Clinic-based physical therapy program.

All patients will receive a routine clinic-based physical therapy program. This program may include supervised aerobic conditioning, strengthening exercise, balance retraining, functional activity training, therapeutic exercise, and manual therapy.

OTHER

Home exercise program.

In addition to the clinic-based physical therapy program, patients will perform home exercises. Home exercise will include a walking and strengthening program 5 days per week. The home exercise routine will be recorded in an exercise diary.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erin M Dunbar, MD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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