Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Jonathan Beard
ORCID ID
Contact details
STH NHS Foundation Trust
Vascular Research
Sheffield Vascular Institute
Firth 4
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
United Kingdom
+44 0114 271 5534
jonathan.d.beard@sth.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0059185034
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Will claudication distance and max walking distance be greater when walking using Nordic walking poles in a standard treadmill walking test?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled pilot study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular: Intermittent claudication
Intervention
Nordic poles vs standard treatment
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Distance walked by participants
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2006
Overall trial end date
04/04/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Intermittent claudication
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
15
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2006
Recruitment end date
04/04/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
STH NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield
S5 7AU
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18835794
Publication citations
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Results
Oakley C, Zwierska I, Tew G, Beard JD, Saxton JM, Nordic poles immediately improve walking distance in patients with intermittent claudication., Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 2008, 36, 6, 689-94; discussion 695-6, doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.06.036.