Effect of Aerobic Training in Patients With Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Rigshospitalet

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Treatments: Behavioral: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02158156

H2-2013-066(A)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators want to investigate if patients with Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy can improve fitness by home-training on a cycle ergometer 30 minute, 3 times a week for 10 weeks.

Participants will be evaluated on maximal oxygen consumption and maximal workload measured by an incremental test at baseline and at the end of the exercise period.

Enrollment: 8 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Danish patients with Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are too week to train on an cycle-ergometer for 10 weeks
• Patients with other health issues wich confound the interpretation of the efficacy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Excercise

Experimental group

Description:

10 weeks of home training on a cycle-ergometer. Exercise 30 minutes every other day or at least three times a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise