Aquatic Training in Patients With Severe Scarring

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Burns

Scar

Treatments

Other: Aquatic training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

ML7560

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim:

to investigate the effects of an aquatic exercise program in patients with severe scars

Patient population:

Method:

8 patients will participate in the aquatic exercise group and 2 patients in the control group
assessment of physical fitness parameters, scar tissue and psychosocial impact

Hypothesis:

patients of the aquatic exercise group will recover sooner and better (physically and psychologically) than patients of the control group

Full description

Intervention:

during 6 weeks patients will performed an aquatic exercise program (2 to 3 sessions a week)

Assessment:

T0: post-hospitalisation status: body mass index, physical fitness, strength and respiratory function
T1: at baseline: body mass index, physical fitness, strength, respiratory function, exercise capacity, mobility, scar parameters and some questionnaires
T2: after 6 weeks training: same measurements as T1
T3: 3 months after end of aquatic training: idem T1
T4: 6 months after end of aquatic training: questionnaires
T5: 1 year after end of aquatic training: questionnaires

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

at least 18 years old
hospitalisation at the burn unit of at least 14 days
patients with severe skin damage (like burns, deglovements, necrotic fasciitis, ...)

Exclusion criteria