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Physical Exercise as a Targeted Therapy in Patients With Chronic Rheumatic Muscle Inflammation

NCT01184625 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2011-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objectives of this study are to test if hypoxia in muscle tissue is an important factor contributing to clinical symptoms in chronic rheumatic muscle inflammation and to evaluate if a 12 week endurance exercise program will improve muscle tissue hypoxia and disability in patients with chronic rheumatic muscle inflammation.

Conditions

  • Myositis

Interventions

OTHER

Physical Exercise

12 weeks of physical exercise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uppsala University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ingrid E Lundberg, MD, PhD, Prof · Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, in Solna, Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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