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

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by:

Medical University of Silesia

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00819936

First received: January 8, 2009

Last updated: NA

Last verified: January 2009

History: No changes posted

Tracking Information
First Received Date ^ICMJE	January 8, 2009
Last Updated Date	January 8, 2009
Start Date ^ICMJE	January 2005
Primary Completion Date	December 2005 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Change History	No Changes Posted
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided

Descriptive Information
Brief Title ^ICMJE	A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From Abdominal Aorta Surgery
Official Title ^ICMJE	A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From an Abdominal Aorta Surgery
Brief Summary	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.
Detailed Description	Not Provided
Study Type ^ICMJE	Interventional
Study Phase	Phase 4
Study Design ^ICMJE	Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Condition ^ICMJE	Abdominal Surgery
Intervention ^ICMJE	Procedure: forward walking comparison forward walking vs backward walking in the physiotherapy after after abdominal surgery Procedure: backward walking physiotherapy with use a backward walking type of physiotherapy
Study Arm (s)	Experimental: 2 Backward walking, Intervention: Procedure: backward walking Active Comparator: 1 Forward walking Intervention: Procedure: forward walking
Publications *	Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status ^ICMJE	Completed
Enrollment ^ICMJE	47
Completion Date	December 2006
Primary Completion Date	December 2005 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE	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
Gender	Male
Ages	65 Years to 75 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
Contacts ^ICMJE	Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Location Countries ^ICMJE	Not Provided

Administrative Information
NCT Number ^ICMJE	NCT00819936
Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE	B.W 2008/A
Has Data Monitoring Committee	No
Responsible Party	Medcial Univeristy of Silesia, Department of Rehabilitation
Study Sponsor ^ICMJE	Medical University of Silesia
Collaborators ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Investigators ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Information Provided By	Medical University of Silesia
Verification Date	January 2009
^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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