An Animated Home-based Physical Exercise Program as a Treatment Option for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Eugen Feist

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Procedure: conventional home-based exercise program; Device: animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02658370

EA1/189/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate feasibility and patients´ assessment using an animated home-based exercise program (Software Wii-fit of the Nintendo Wii game console) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients fulfilling the 1987 and 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for rheumatoid Arthritis
• Disease activity (patients' global assessment, PtGA) < 30 mm under therapy with a biological DMARD according to label

Exclusion criteria

• Epilepsy
• Flare of RA
• A previous use of a Wii console for more than 5 hours

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Experimental group

Description:

using the Wii game console by Nintendo

Treatment:

Device: animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Procedure: conventional home-based exercise program

conventional home-based exercise program

Active Comparator group

Description:

by using a compilation with 31 exercises especially for rheumatoid arthritis patients

Treatment:

Device: animated home-based exercises (Wii-fit)

Procedure: conventional home-based exercise program