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

Completed

• Conditions: Poliomyelitis; Infections and Infestations

• Registration Number: ISRCTN00378146
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Extremadura (Spain)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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