Status:
COMPLETED
Intradialytic Stretching Exercises on Prevention and Reduction of Leg Muscle Cramps
Lead Sponsor:
Kufa University
Conditions:
Muscle Cramp
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Renal replacement therapy is a treatment option for people who have acute or chronic renal failure. A patient with increasing symptoms of renal failure is referred to a dialysis and transplantation ce...
Detailed Description
Study Sample: Non-probability purposive sample of 60 patients undergoing hemodialysis. The sample is divided randomly into two groups; 30 patients as study group are exposed to intradialytic stretchi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with age group 20-60 years, because it is the most common age group affected by CKD and they appropriate to apply for the study program.
- Both male and female patients who are undergoing hemodialysis and suffer from muscle cramps.
- Patients who are receiving two or more HD sessions a week, to facilitate patients follow-up.
- Patients who are willing to participate, because the patients' participation is voluntary.
- Patients who are alert and able to communicate verbally, to make the program applicable and facilitate the data collection.
Exclusion
- Emergency hemodialysis patients, to avoid mal-efficient (harmlessly apply the program).
- Patients with vascular access in a lower extremity, to avoid vascular access failure.
- Patients with skin sores, wounds, dermatitis, or edema of the lower extremities, with a known history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), or peripheral neuropathy, to prevent complications.
- Patients who are unable to communicate, because the patients' communication is an essential part of data collection.
- Patients who suffer from breathing difficulty, because the application of the program required patients compliance and may cause fatigue among involved patients
- Not willing to participate, because the patients' participation is voluntary.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 13 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 22 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04901832
Start Date
December 13 2020
End Date
March 22 2021
Last Update
May 27 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Al-Sadder Medical City / The Specialized Center for Kidney Diseases and Transplantation / Hemodialysis Unit
Kufa, Al Najaf, Iraq, 54003