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Rehabilitation Following Critical Illness

NCT00976807 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2015-01-06

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Summary

The principal research question to be answered by this study is whether an exercise based rehabilitative intervention following critical illness can generate improvements in exercise capacity and quality of life beyond current (usual) care. The investigators will also aim to demonstrate that such an intervention is both practical and cost-effective.

Conditions

  • Critical Illness Myopathy

Interventions

OTHER

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Eight week programme of twice-weekly (sixteen sessions) supervised exercise and education sessions. Exercise will include aerobic cardiovascular and upper and lower limb strengthening exercises. Each session will comprise a warm-up period, followed by individualised exercises, and completed with a cool-down, and last approximately 40minutes. Aerobic exercise will be prescribed based on the results of walking tests and include walking, step-ups, cycling, and strength prescription according to the repetition maximum principle. Patients will complete three sets using this weight. Furthermore Borg scores will be used within each session to guide and direct exercise intensity. A home exercise programme will also be designed and accompanied by a manual detailing the individual warm-up, exercises and cool-down, and diary sections to record independent activity. Each session will also include an education session where relevant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicholas Hart, BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP, PhD · St.Thomas' Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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