The Effects of Exercises on Gait in Hemophilic Individuals

Çukurova University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemophilic Arthropathy

Treatments: Other: Therapeutic exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04297696

89/55

Details and patient eligibility

About

Arthropathy characterized by synovitis, cartilage degeneration, subchondral and interosseous cysts occur due to hemorrhage in hemophilia. This situation causes to chronic pain, decreasing in range of motion, muscle strength, proprioception. Disorders in these parameters are the main causes of gait dysfunction. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of therapeutic exercises on target joint functions and gait kinematics, and to determine possible complications related to exercise in hemophilic patients.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be diagnosed as Hemophilia A or Hemophilia B
• To be over 18 years old
• To have hemophilic arthropathy in at least one joint
• Undergoing prophylaxis or factor VIII-IX replacement therapy

Exclusion criteria

• Having another congenital coagulopathy, such as Von Willebrand syndrome
• To be unable to walk due to hemophilic arthropathy
• Having another musculoskeletal problem
• Individuals with inhibitors against Factor VIII-IX

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

therapeutic exercises

Treatment:

Other: Therapeutic exercises

control group

No Intervention group