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Clinical Trials/PACTR201803003147805
PACTR201803003147805Completed未知

The effect of physiotherapeutic exercises on peripheral neuropathy among PLHIV on ART in Kigali - Rwanda

Not provided0 sites120 target enrollmentStarted: February 26, 2018Last updated:
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Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Completed
Enrollment
120

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Year(s) to 59 Year(s) (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Included all people living with HIV on ART from the selected public outpatient ART clinics in Rwanda, aged 18 and above; both females and males, with no active opportunistic infection such as TB or others.

Exclusion Criteria

  • People living with HIV on ART with known disorders of the central nervous system, PLHIV with a known history of diabetes, Vitamin B12 deficiency, TB, renal failure, hypothyroidism and other pathologies that may be associated with neuropathy, any clinical history that would be an exercise contraindication, unwilling to participate in the PTExs and the rest of the follow up programme, very weak patients who could not walk without support, other neuromusculoskeletal impairments such as, musculoskeletal deformity, amputation, scoliosis, and inability to actively and functionally move ankle and knee joints, lower extremity arthritis, and central neuropathies like hemiparesis and central paralyses.

Investigators

Sponsor
Not provided

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