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Does a Home-based Exercise Programme Affect Physical Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism?

NCT02684721 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2019-08-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In a randomised design the study aims to investigate whether an intervention of 8 weeks home-based exercise in addition to usual care can positively influence the physical capacity, quality of life, sick leave and use of psychoactive drugs in patients medically treated for pulmonary embolism.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

8-week home-based exercise programme

8-week home-based exercise programme is assigned to patients in exercise group following discharge. This includes 3 follow-up telephone calls by physiotherapist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Horsens Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Regional Hospital West Jutland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Central Jutland Regional Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nanna Rolving, PhD · Diagnostic Centre, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2018-09-01

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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