Impact of Exercise Medicine on Lower Limb Amputees According to the International Classification of Functioning

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lower Limb Amputees

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02297295

2014/09AVR/175 (Other Identifier)

EMA001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise medicine in lower limb amputees has a impact on the three domains of the International Classification of Functioning of the WHO (function, activities and participation), and on quality of life.

Full description

Exercise medicine in lower limb amputees has a positive impact on physical condition and on some cardiovascular aspects (first domain of ICF). But as the investigators know, there is no evidence that this improvement is connected with a significant benefit on the performance of daily live activities and social participation (second and third domains of the ICF).

The investigators want to determine benefits of exercise medicine on all of these domains.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral lower limb amputation
• amputees with prothesis
• after learning how to walk with the prothesis
• walking with or without technical aids

Exclusion criteria

• previous exercise training

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Comparing the patients to themselves (spontaneus evolution) before intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy