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Improving Physical Fitness Prior to Colorectal Surgery: A Pilot Study

NCT02667795 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is generally accepted that physically fit patients cope much better with the stress of surgery and recover faster. Consequently several research studies have tried to increase people's level of fitness before they have surgery. These previous research studies have usually required patients to carry out intense, structured exercise programmes that involve going to a gym. However such programmes are not 'user friendly' especially if people are not used to taking a lot of exercise. In this pilot study we want to test the feasibility of a home based programme that tries to increase patients' level of fitness by gradually increasing the number of steps they walk every day.

Conditions

  • Bowel Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Monitored walking based exercise

Monitored walking based exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Macfie, MBChB, MD · York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-11-21
Completion
2019-11-21

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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