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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 3 December 2012
Main ID:  NCT01351311
Date of registration: 09/05/2011
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Resistance Training Exercise Using the Swiss Ball in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: Assessment of Effectiveness of Resistance Training Exercise Using the Swiss Ball in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Date of first enrolment: March 2011
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01351311
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Jamil Natour, MD, PHD
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Affiliation:  Division of Rheumatology, Federal University of Sao Paulo
Name:   Fábio Jennings, MD, MSc
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Sao Paulo
Name:   Marcelo Souza, PT, MSc
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Sao Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with established diagnosis of AS steinbrocker functional class I-II

- Basic medication stable for at least three months

- Agreed to participate and signed term of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Coronary artery disease

- History of revascularization

- History of syncope or arrhythmias induced by exercise

- Decompensated diabetes mellitus

- Severe psychiatric illness

- Fibromyalgia

- Another medical condition more disabling than AS

- History of exercise regular (at least 30 minutes 2 times per week)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Intervention(s)
Other: Drug treatment
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
1 REPETITION MAXIMUM TEST [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
6-MINUTE WALK TEST [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) Health Assessment Questionnaire [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
LIKERT SCALE [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
QUANTITY OF ANALGESICS AND ANTI-INFLAMATORY USED [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Short form-36 (SF-36) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
TIME UP AND GO TEST [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
FDAAAMC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
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