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Rocking Motion: Physiologic Effect on the Surgical Stress Response

NCT01200316 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2017-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

After having abdominal surgery, patients often experience a lack of bowel function that can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling, pain, and/or discomfort. This is known as "post-operative ileus." Patients are usually not allowed to leave the hospital until their doctor is sure that their bowel function has returned.

The goal of this clinical research study is to compare using a rocking chair to the standard of care in improving post-operative ileus after abdominal surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Standard of Care

Post surgical patient to sit in a non-rocking chair for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.

PROCEDURE

Rocking Chair Motion

Post surgical patient to rock in a rocking chair in 10-20 minute increments for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Beginning on day of surgery till discharge (3-5 days)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xin S. Wang, MD, MPH · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-01
Primary Completion
2017-11-20
Completion
2017-11-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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