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Sara Cameron 01413305925
Sara.Cameron@glasgow.ac.uk


Marie Therese McDonald, BsC 01413303734
M.McDonald@nhs.net


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WEB-Based Physiotherapy for People With Axial Spondyloarthritis

Not Recruiting

Open to: ALL

Age: 18.0 - N/A

Glasgow

Medical Conditions

Spondylitis
Spondylarthritis
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Axial Spondyloarthritis

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Regular exercise is a core component of the long-term management of people with axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA). However, delivering long-term exercise programmes is unrealistic and unsustainable using traditional NHS services. Web-based physiotherapy, has been developed, a possible alternative service model to support people with axial SpA to exercise regularly however long-term compliance to the programme (12 months) needs to be established. The aim of this prospective cohort study is to assess the feasibility, sustainability and acceptability of a 12 month individualised web-based physiotherapy programme in people with axial SpA. Fifty people with established axial SpA, will receive 12 months of individualised, remotely monitored, web-based physiotherapy. The primary outcome will be four weekly compliance rates with the programme over the 12 month period. Secondary outcomes (baseline, 6 and 12 months) will include function, disease activity, spinal mobility, quality of life, attitudes and motivations towards exercise, fitness, health status, employment, physical activity. The number of interactions with health care professionals and changes in medication will be documented. A subsample of the cohort will be interviewed at 6 and 12 months to gather participants' views of the web-based physiotherapy programme and factors influencing compliance with the programme.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Nov 2015 Oct 2017

Publications

"Paul L, Coulter EH, Cameron S, McDonald MT, Brandon M, Cook D, McConnachie A, Siebert S. Web-based physiotherapy for people with axial spondyloarthritis (WEBPASS) - a study protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Aug 24;17(1):360. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1218-1."; "27553492"

INTERVENTIONAL

Intervention Type : BEHAVIORAL
Intervention Description : The physiotherapist will select exercises which are appropriate to that participant. Participants will complete online exercise diaries which are reviewed remotely by the physiotherapist. Depending on progress, exercises can be progressed, added or removed from the patient's individualised programme.

Participants will be encouraged to undertake their exercise programme, according to evidence base guidelines, five days/week for 30 minutes/day. Participants will receive weekly phone calls for the first two weeks of the programme. Thereafter, every two weeks the physiotherapist will review the exercise diary of each participant and remotely alter the participant's exercise programme as appropriate, by changing any combination of exercises, level of difficulty or number of repetitions.




You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
    Glasgow
    G51 4TF

Marie Therese McDonald, BsC 01413303734
M.McDonald@nhs.net


Sara Cameron 01413305925
Sara.Cameron@glasgow.ac.uk



The study is sponsored by Dr Lorna Paul and is in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.



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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT02666313
Last updated 24 October 2016

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