Development and evaluation of an exercise intervention programme to improve cardiovascular fitness and vascular responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Completed

• Conditions: Rheumatoid arthritis; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Other rheumatoid arthritis

• Registration Number: ISRCTN50861407
• Lead Sponsor: Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01-16
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (both genders, aged greater than 18 years of age)
2. Informed consent
3. Sedentary lifestyle (no participation in structured exercise for the preceding 6 months)
4. Stable disease (no changes in disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs [DMARDs] - including biologics - or oral steroids and no parenteral steroid administration in the last 3 months)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Recent joint surgery (in the preceding 6 months)
2. Amputation
3. Recent DMARD or oral steroid changes (in the preceding 3 months)
4. Parenteral steroid administration (in the preceding 3 months)
5. Co-morbidity incompatible with exercise as per American College of Sports Medicine guidelines

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified