Physical activity for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

Recruiting

Conditions: Inflammatory rheumatic diseases, myositis, scleroderma, vasculitis
patients with increased risk of inflammatory rheumatic disease
degenerative joint diseases

Registration Number: DRKS00033487

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Erlangen, Medizinische Klinik 3 - Rheumatologie & Immunologie, Studienambulanz

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with a diagnosis of an inflammatory rheumatic disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis (psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis) myositis, scleroderma, vasculitis)
- Patients with an increased risk of developing an inflammatory rheumatic disease (psoriasis, anti-CCP positive patients (preRA))
- Patients with degenerative joint diseases (gonarthrosis)
- Healthy controls
- Written consent for study participation and data protection

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients who are not mobile on foot

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Do patients with different RMDs show disease-typical patterns of physical activity?<br>Which physical activity parameters are suitable for mapping the disease activity of different RMDs?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
What influence does the level of physical activity have on treatment response?<br>What influence does the level of physical activity have on remission (e.g. time-to-flare) when discontinuing therapy? <br>How do comorbidities, age, gender, quality of life and disease-related disability affect disease-specific activity patterns?