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Aerobic Exercise Training in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

NCT01650818 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and the effects of moderate-intensity aerobic endurance training to those of an usual physical therapy intervention on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Aerobic exercise training

Intensity: heart rate corresponding to 40% peak VO2. Frequency: 5 sessions/week. Duration: 5 min warm-up + 20 min training + 5 min cool-down during the 1st month; 5 min warm-up + 30 min training + 5 min cool-down during the 2nd and 3rd month

OTHER

Standard physical therapy (Stretching/Range-of-motion)

Intensity: N/A. Frequency: 5 sessions/week. Duration: 5 min warm-up + 20 min training + 5 min cool-down during the 1st month; 5 min warm-up + 30 min training + 5 min cool-down during the 2nd and 3rd month

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alessandro Mezzani, MD · Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS - Scientific Institute of Veruno

  • Fabrizio Pisano, MD · Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS - Scientific Institute of Veruno

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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