Heated Pool Exercise Groups for Patients With Rheumatic Diseases

National Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatic Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Pool exercise

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01755832

NRF2012 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

OSL2012 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

2011/1654

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of heated pool group exercises for patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases with regard to symptoms (pain, fatigue, stiffness and ability to carry out daily activities).

Full description

The patients receive text messages on mobile phones twice a week for circa 40 weeks. The text messages ask for pain, fatigue, stiffness and ability to carry out everyday activities. The patients should respond with a number from 0 to 10, where 0 is no symptoms/no hindering of activity and 10 is worst symptoms/worst hindering of activity.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Referral from a medical doctor to group exercises in heated pool
• Inflammatory rheumatic joint disease
• > 18 years
• Stable disease
• Mobile phone owner
• Understand and use text messages on mobile phones

Exclusion criteria

• Independent living
• Joint surgery previous to the study start

Trial design

36 participants in 1 patient group

Pool exercise group

Description:

Patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease

Treatment:

Procedure: Pool exercise