The Effect of Physical Therapy on Raynaud's Phenomenon Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis

A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study Analyzing the Effect of Biofeedback and Deep Oscillation on Raynaud´s Phenomenon Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00946738

Enrollment

Registered

2009-07-27

Start date

2004-10-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2009-07-27

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Conditions

Raynaud's Phenomenon, Systemic Sclerosis

Keywords

Raynaud's phenomenon, biofeedback, deep oscillation, systemic sclerosis, physiotherapy

Brief summary

The effect of deep oscillation and biofeedback on Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains to be determined. A prospective randomized controlled pilot study was performed in SSc patients receiving either deep oscillation, biofeedback thrice a week for four weeks or were randomized to the control group.

Interventions

OTHERBiofeedback

Biofeedback training as behaviour treatment was performed thrice weekly for 4 week.

OTHERDeep oscillation

Deep oscillation providing a pulsing electromagnetic field was performed thrice weekly for 4 weeks.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ACR criteria for SSc

Exclusion criteria

* acute inflammatory disease, Valentini Score\>3

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
RP score , measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS)	12 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
ulceration of the skin and general disease symptoms using analogous VAS-scores	12 weeks

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026