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Aquatic Training in Patients With Severe Scarring

NCT01433198 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2023-12-20

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Summary

Aim:

\- to investigate the effects of an aquatic exercise program in patients with severe scars

Patient population:

* 10 patients of at least 18 years old
* patients with scars after burns or other severe skin injuries
* stratification into two groups: an intervention group and a control group

Method:

* 8 patients will participate in the aquatic exercise group and 2 patients in the control group
* assessment of physical fitness parameters, scar tissue and psychosocial impact

Hypothesis:

\- patients of the aquatic exercise group will recover sooner and better (physically and psychologically) than patients of the control group

Conditions

  • Burns
  • Scar

Interventions

OTHER

Aquatic training

Aquatic training during a 6 weeks program (15 to 18 sessions of 1 hour)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric Van den Kerckhove · KU Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-31
Primary Completion
2019-05-31
Completion
2020-12-31

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