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Effects of a Rehabilitation Program on Physical Performance and Disease Self-management in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

NCT01307787 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2022-01-28

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a group-based exercise and educational program for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on physical performance and disease-self-management.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

experimental Fit-program

Participants in the intervention group followed an eight week multi-disciplinary group rehabilitation program, consisting of a physical exercise part and an educational component. The physical exercise part consisted of a muscle exercise circuit and bicycle training,sport and aqua jogging. The educational part consisted of a weekly sixty minutes session. A multi-disciplinary group of healthcare professionals gave specialist orientated informational advice about how to handle the consequences of RA. Special attention was paid to ensure adjusting the level of each patients activity level to the participants' actual energy level. Further information was given about body sensations, sports, food and energy, pain, fatigue, emotional changes, sleeping disturbance and daily routine.

OTHER

no intervention

waiting list control group with no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Center Groningen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ellen van Weert, phd · UMCG

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
66 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-04-30
Primary Completion
2007-05-31
Completion
2007-05-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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