Exercise in Sjogren, Myositis and Takayasu's Arteritis

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Myositis; Primary Sjogren´s Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01501019

Exercise in Autoimmunity

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise may improve physical capacity and health parameters in Primary Syndrome´s Sjogren, Myositis and Takayasu's Arteritis.

Therefore, this study aims to investigate the role of an exercise training program in patients with Primary Syndrome´s Sjogren, Myositis and Takayasu's Arteritis.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physically inactive
• Stable drugs regime for at least three months

Exclusion criteria

• Other rheumatic diseases
• Physical disability that prevent the patient to perform the physical tests
• Severe pulmonary disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Sjogren and Myositis Control (no control for takayasu's)

No Intervention group

Sjogren, Myositis and Takayasu's Trained

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training