A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From Abdominal Aorta Surgery

Summary Question: Does backward walking offer additional therapeutic value in patients after aortic aneurysm surgery? Participants: The study of backward walking as an addictive physiotherapy procedure was conducted in the group of 65 patients who underwent abdominal aorta surgery. The patients were randomly divided into three subgroups and three various models of physiotherapy were applied. Control group has only routine physiotherapy since therapeutic group I and II have also walking exercises forward in group I and backward in group II respectively.

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Key information

Conditions

Abdominal Surgery

Age range

65 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 4

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm
Age 65-75 years
Male sex
Stable cardiologic status
Absence of neurological disorders
Non-symptomatic aneurysm - non-ruptured
No pain complaints
No motion system impairments

Exclusion criteria

Patients with neurological disorders
Unstable coronary heart disease symptomatic aortic aneurysm - dissecans aneurysm
Having difficulty in locomotion
Having contradiction for starting physical training during the first or second day after surgery
Patients with psychiatric disease
Lack of patient's compliance with physiotherapist; AND
Other medical contraindications

Treatment and study plan

forward walking

Procedure

comparison forward walking vs backward walking in the physiotherapy after after abdominal surgery

backward walking

Procedure

physiotherapy with use a backward walking type of physiotherapy

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University of Silesia

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Registry information

Official study title

A Controlled Trial of Effectiveness of a Backward Walking Program in Patients Recovering From an Abdominal Aorta Surgery

Important dates

Study start: 2005
Primary completion: 2005
Study completion: 2006
First posted: Jan 9, 2009
Registry last updated: Jan 9, 2009

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