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Rehabilitation for Inguinal Hernia

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by University of Alberta
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 3 months after the operation
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Study Summary

This trialwill look at using pre- and post-surgery exercise and education to reduce pain after inguinal hernia repairs, which are common surgeries with 15% of patients having persistent post-surgical pain.

Eligible Conditions
  • Inguinal Hernia

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~3 months after the operation
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 months after the operation for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Visual Analogue Pain Scale
Secondary outcome measures
Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS)
Change in scores on the Short-Form Functional Capacity Evaluation

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Intervention groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
15 participants will be randomly selected to the intervention group. These individuals will receive six weeks of pre-operative exercise instruction and education, as well as six weeks of graduated post-operative exercise instruction, beginning at three weeks post-op with the surgeons clearance.
Group II: Control groupActive Control1 Intervention
15 participants will be randomly selected to the control group. This group will receive pre-operative education in the form of videos regarding the procedure and pain. They will not receive exercise instruction.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of AlbertaLead Sponsor
888 Previous Clinical Trials
384,927 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is it possible for me to participate in this scientific experiment?

"This clinical trail has an age restriction of 18-99 and requires participants to have been diagnosed with hernia or inguinal. Approximately 31 individuals are being enrolled in this study."

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Does this research endeavor have room for new participants?

"Data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov affirms that recruitment for this medical study has concluded as of October 18th 2022. Despite the fact that enrollment is no longer open, 163 other trials are actively recruiting participants at present."

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Is the minimum age requirement for this research at least 18 years old?

"The eligibility criteria for this clinical trial includes individuals above legal age and under 99 years in age."

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Recent research and studies
PainJournal
The IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for ICD-11: Chronic Postsurgical or Posttraumatic Pain
Schug, Stephan A., Patricia Lavand'homme, Antonia Barke, Beatrice Korwisi, Winfried Rief, Rolf-Detlef Treede, and The IASP Taskforce for the Classification of Chronic Pain. 2019. “The IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for ICD-11: Chronic Postsurgical or Posttraumatic Pain”. Pain. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001413.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Peri-Operative Rehab Program for Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery
2022. "Peri-Operative Rehab Program for Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05069142.
~10 spots leftby Apr 2025
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