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WEB-Based Physiotherapy for People With Axial Spondyloarthritis

NCT02666313 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2016-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Regular exercise is a core component of the long-term management of people with axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA). However, delivering long-term exercise programmes is unrealistic and unsustainable using traditional NHS services. Web-based physiotherapy, has been developed, a possible alternative service model to support people with axial SpA to exercise regularly however long-term compliance to the programme (12 months) needs to be established. The aim of this prospective cohort study is to assess the feasibility, sustainability and acceptability of a 12 month individualised web-based physiotherapy programme in people with axial SpA. Fifty people with established axial SpA, will receive 12 months of individualised, remotely monitored, web-based physiotherapy. The primary outcome will be four weekly compliance rates with the programme over the 12 month period. Secondary outcomes (baseline, 6 and 12 months) will include function, disease activity, spinal mobility, quality of life, attitudes and motivations towards exercise, fitness, health status, employment, physical activity. The number of interactions with health care professionals and changes in medication will be documented. A subsample of the cohort will be interviewed at 6 and 12 months to gather participants' views of the web-based physiotherapy programme and factors influencing compliance with the programme.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

The physiotherapist will select exercises which are appropriate to that participant. Participants will complete online exercise diaries which are reviewed remotely by the physiotherapist. Depending on progress, exercises can be progressed, added or removed from the patient's individualised programme. Participants will be encouraged to undertake their exercise programme, according to evidence base guidelines, five days/week for 30 minutes/day. Participants will receive weekly phone calls for the first two weeks of the programme. Thereafter, every two weeks the physiotherapist will review the exercise diary of each participant and remotely alter the participant's exercise programme as appropriate, by changing any combination of exercises, level of difficulty or number of repetitions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dr Lorna Paul

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lorna Paul, PHD · University of Glasgow

  • Stefan Siebert, MD · University of Glasgow

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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