Sickle Cell Children's Exercise Study (SuCCESs)

University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sickle Cell Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: SuCCESs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06074198

HP-00107858

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Sickle Cell Children's Exercise Study (SuCCESs) will explore the feasibility and effects of a moderate intensity strengthening, balance, speed, and agility intervention program in children with sickle cell disease.

Full description

Participants will perform the baseline assessment and after six weeks of performing the SuCCESs program the participants will perform a post-intervention assessment. Participants will be asked to attend a total of six physical therapy in-person sessions (1x/week) at the University of Maryland Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and to perform 12 home program sessions.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children 6-17 years of age diagnosed with sickle cell disease

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of neurological disorder, not related to sickle cell disease
• Lower extremity injury such as a fracture with a cast

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Physical Therapy Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

There will be no control group and only one intervention delivered

Treatment:

Behavioral: SuCCESs