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Cost-utility and efficacy of a home-based exercise program in poliomyelitis survivors

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN00378146
Enrollment
40
Registered
2007-09-19
Start date
2007-08-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Poliomyelitis Infections and Infestations Poliomyelitis

Interventions

Participants will be randomised to the experimental and control groups (usual care). The experimental group of participants will be asked to perform 3 months of home-based physical exercises including
abduction and adduction of shoulder).

Sponsors

University of Extremadura (Spain)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Paralytic poliomyelitis survivors with one (or two) lower limb affected more than twenty years ago, recruited through local associations.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Medical contraindication to physical exercise 2. Doing regular physical exercise within 6 month before trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The following will be measured at 0 (before start), 3 (end of exercise period) and 6 months (detraining in intervention group): 1. Health related quality of life (the EQ-5D questionnaire, 15-D instrument and the 36-item Short Form health survey [SF-36]) 2. Sanitary costs (consultations, medication, health utilities, cost of program) 3. Back disorders (Roland Morris Scale) 4. Fatigue scale (FSS) 5. Neuromuscular function - isokinetic dynamometry: moment of force and power (root mean square electromyogram [EMGrms]) 6. Fitness (strength, flexibility, balance, 6 min walk test, body composition)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Validity and reliability of instruments (fitness tests that will be used in this sub-population for the first time) in poliomyelitis.

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026