Progressive Resistance Exercise in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Rheumatoid Arthritis focused on measuring Rheumatoid arthritis, Progressive resistance exercise, Pain, Functional capacity, Quality of life, Muscle strength
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Rheumatoid arthritis according to American College of Rheumatology 2010
- Both genders
- Age between 18 and 65 years
- Functional class I, II and III
- Stable medication within the three months preceding the study
- Haven't done any kind of regular exercise (two or more times per Week) for at least three months before study start
- Have agreed to participate in the study and signed an informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participating in another type of study
- Have difficulty understanding the evaluation tools with fibromyalgia
- Joint deformities that make impossible do the exercises
- Other musculoskeletal diseases
- Other diseases that contraindicate exercises.
Sites / Locations
- Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Control group
Experimental group
Patient remain with their usual clinical treatment.
Patients in experimental group participated in a 12-week progressive resistance training using a maximum repetition exercise in which patients performed 1 Maximum Repetition with the maximum bearable weight. Once the 1 Maximum Repetitionwas determined, training was divided into the following regimen: 2 series of 8 repetitions, the first with 50% and the second with 70% of 1 Maximum Repetition. The exercises were knee extension and flexion and hip abduction and adduction, elbow extension and flexion, wrist extension and flexion and shoulder abduction and adduction and spine extension and flexion all performed in machines. The 1 Maximum Repetition load was reevaluated every 6 weeks. Patient remain with their usual clinical treatment.