A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From Abdominal Aorta Surgery

January 8, 2009 updated by: Medical University of Silesia

A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From an Abdominal Aorta Surgery

Summary Question: Does backward walking offer additional therapeutic value in patients after aortic aneurysm surgery? Participants: The study of backward walking as an addictive physiotherapy procedure was conducted in the group of 65 patients who underwent abdominal aorta surgery. The patients were randomly divided into three subgroups and three various models of physiotherapy were applied. Control group has only routine physiotherapy since therapeutic group I and II have also walking exercises forward in group I and backward in group II respectively.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

47

Phase

  • Phase 4

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

65 years to 75 years (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Age 65-75 years
  • Male sex
  • Stable cardiologic status
  • Absence of neurological disorders
  • Non-symptomatic aneurysm - non-ruptured
  • No pain complaints
  • No motion system impairments

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with neurological disorders
  • Unstable coronary heart disease symptomatic aortic aneurysm - dissecans aneurysm
  • Having difficulty in locomotion
  • Having contradiction for starting physical training during the first or second day after surgery
  • Patients with psychiatric disease
  • Lack of patient's compliance with physiotherapist; AND
  • Other medical contraindications

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 2
Backward walking,
Procedure: backward walking
physiotherapy with use a backward walking type of physiotherapy
Active Comparator: 1
Forward walking
Procedure: forward walking
comparison forward walking vs backward walking in the physiotherapy after after abdominal surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Medical University of Silesia

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2005

Study Completion

December 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 8, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

January 9, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 9, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 8, 2009

Last Verified

January 1, 2009

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Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • B.W 2008/A

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