NCT07891507Completed
Nurse-Led Exercise Program for Older Adults With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Effects of a Nurse-Led Tailored Exercise Program on Spinal Mobility, Functional Ability, Pain, and Health Literacy Among Older Adults With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study evaluated whether a nurse-led tailored exercise program improves spinal mobility, functional ability, pain, and health literacy in adults aged 60 years or older with ankylosing spondylitis. Participants received five individual sessions over 2 weeks covering disease education, neck, shoulder, back, trunk, pelvic, lower-limb, and breathing exercises, and posture during daily activities, followed by home practice with telephone follow-up. Outcomes were assessed before the program and approximately 3 months after it.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 1 Nov 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Mansoura University
- Diseases
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- NCT number
- NCT07891507
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 50
- From 1 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Other rheumatologic diseases
- Dementia or other cognitive impairment affecting communication or consent
- Uncorrected visual or hearing impairment
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 60 years or older
- Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis for at least 2 years, established by the treating rheumatologist and documented in the medical record
- Currently receiving treatment
- Alert and able to communicate
- Willing to participate
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sohag University Hospital, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinics Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sohag | Egypt | Unknown status |
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