Isometric exercise can effectively promote the vascular function of arteriovenous fistula and increase hand grip strength, but patients needs to perform isometric exercises patiently. The purpose of this study want investigate the effect of using individual intelligent devices for forearm isometric exercise training on the increase of arteriovenous fistula vascular function and hand grip strength, and the improvement of patients' adherence with forearm isometric exercise.
An arteriovenous fistula(AVF) is the most preferred and safe vascular access for long-term hemodialysis patients. Isometric exercise can effectively promote the vascular function of AVF and increase hand grip strength, but patients needs to perform isometric exercises patiently. However, the patient's disease factors, muscle soreness caused by the exercise process, etc., may easily prevent the patient from effectively performing isometric exercise every day.This study will be the first isometric exercise training intervention program for eight weeks after AVF surgery with an intelligent device in Taiwan. Investigators expect to promote the vascular function of AVF and increase hand grip strength, as well as improve participant' adherence performance after the re-intervention protocol. To construct an intelligent forearm isometric exercise, as a reference for clinical care guidance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
52
Experimental group using the intelligent gripper for forearm isometric exercise in the 3rd to 8th participants after operation, and using the smart mobile phone to install the forearm isometric exercise training game program software to provides an interactive and real- time exercise grip strength feedback mechanism, which are uses the interest of the participant to complete the forearm isometric exercise every day, and can implement the isometric exercise training for fistulization. Study nurses will track exercise adherence with telephone interviews 2, 4 and 8 participants after participant exercise intervention.
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
Vascular function in postoperative arteriovenous fistula
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, professional radiology technicians used ultrasonic instruments to check and record the inner diameter of the blood vessel and the peak blood flow velocity of the drainage vein of the participant's arteriovenous fistula
Time frame: Baseline, pre-intervention (T0)
Change from Baseline Vascular function in postoperative arteriovenous fistula at two weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, professional radiology technicians used ultrasonic instruments to check and record the inner diameter of the blood vessel and the peak blood flow velocity of the drainage vein of the participant's arteriovenous fistula
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 2 (T1)
Change from Baseline Vascular function in postoperative arteriovenous fistula at four weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, professional radiology technicians used ultrasonic instruments to check and record the inner diameter of the blood vessel and the peak blood flow velocity of the drainage vein of the participant's arteriovenous fistula
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 4 (T2)
Change from Baseline Vascular function in postoperative arteriovenous fistula at eight weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, professional radiology technicians used ultrasonic instruments to check and record the inner diameter of the blood vessel and the peak blood flow velocity of the drainage vein of the participant's arteriovenous fistula
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 8 (T3)
Clinical assessment of arteriovenous fistula maturity
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, senior hemodialysis nurses assessed whether there were palpable tremors in the blood vessels of the arteriovenous fistula, and whether there were obvious visible veins and arteriovenous in the arteriovenous fistula. Fistula with or without visible vessels \>10 cm line.
Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention(T1)
Change from Baseline Clinical assessment of arteriovenous fistula maturity at four weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, senior hemodialysis nurses assessed whether there were palpable tremors in the blood vessels of the arteriovenous fistula, and whether there were obvious visible veins and arteriovenous in the arteriovenous fistula. Fistula with or without visible vessels \>10 cm line.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 4(T2)
Change from Baseline Clinical assessment of arteriovenous fistula maturity at eight weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, senior hemodialysis nurses assessed whether there were palpable tremors in the blood vessels of the arteriovenous fistula, and whether there were obvious visible veins and arteriovenous in the arteriovenous fistula. Fistula with or without visible vessels \>10 cm line.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 8(T3)
Ultrasonic evaluation of arteriovenous fistula maturity
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, the vascular radiologist used the ultrasound equipment of the Philips ClearVue 550 ultrasound system (ClearVue 550, USA) to assess whether the participant's arteriovenous fistula was far from the skin. \<6mm, whether the inner diameter of the outflow brachiocephalic vein is \>6mm, whether the brachial artery flow rate is \>600 mL/min, and record the measured values.
Time frame: Baseline, two weeks after intervention(T1)
Change from Baseline Ultrasonic evaluation of arteriovenous fistula maturity at four weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, the vascular radiologist used the ultrasound equipment of the Philips ClearVue 550 ultrasound system (ClearVue 550, USA) to assess whether the participant's arteriovenous fistula was far from the skin. \<6mm, whether the inner diameter of the outflow brachiocephalic vein is \>6mm, whether the brachial artery flow rate is \>600 mL/min, and record the measured values.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 4(T2)
Change from Baseline Ultrasonic evaluation of arteriovenous fistula maturity at eight weeks
After the participants rested for 5 minutes at the temperature of the ultrasound room set at 25°C, the vascular radiologist used the ultrasound equipment of the Philips ClearVue 550 ultrasound system (ClearVue 550, USA) to assess whether the participant's arteriovenous fistula was far from the skin. \<6mm, whether the inner diameter of the outflow brachiocephalic vein is \>6mm, whether the brachial artery flow rate is \>600 mL/min, and record the measured values.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 8(T3)
Hand Grip Strength
Grip Strength Assessment using a hydraulic hand-held dynamometer (Takei Hand Grip Dynamometer, Japan), the arm muscle strength of the participants in the non-dominant hand was assessed. The participants sits on a chair with a backrest, with the hips bent 90 degrees, feet flat on the ground, shoulders adducted, elbows bent 90 degrees, the non-dominant arm is in a neutral position, the wrist is maintained at an extension angle of 0-30 degrees, and the ulnar side is biased. Move 0\~15 degrees. A total of three measurements will be taken with a one-minute rest in between, and measurements were made in kilograms (Kg). In addition, on the 15th day after the operation, the experimental group started to use the smart grip device for forearm isometric exercise and recorded the data after grip strength training.
Time frame: Baseline, before exercise intervention(T0)
Change from Baseline Hand Grip Strength at two weeks
Grip Strength Assessment using a hydraulic hand-held dynamometer (Takei Hand Grip Dynamometer, Japan), the arm muscle strength of the participants in the non-dominant hand was assessed. The participants sits on a chair with a backrest, with the hips bent 90 degrees, feet flat on the ground, shoulders adducted, elbows bent 90 degrees, the non-dominant arm is in a neutral position, the wrist is maintained at an extension angle of 0-30 degrees, and the ulnar side is biased. Move 0\~15 degrees. A total of three measurements will be taken with a one-minute rest in between, and measurements were made in kilograms (Kg). In addition, on the 15th day after the operation, the experimental group started to use the smart grip device for forearm isometric exercise and recorded the data after grip strength training.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 2 (T1)
Change from Baseline Hand Grip Strength at four weeks
Grip Strength Assessment using a hydraulic hand-held dynamometer (Takei Hand Grip Dynamometer, Japan), the arm muscle strength of the participants in the non-dominant hand was assessed. The participants sits on a chair with a backrest, with the hips bent 90 degrees, feet flat on the ground, shoulders adducted, elbows bent 90 degrees, the non-dominant arm is in a neutral position, the wrist is maintained at an extension angle of 0-30 degrees, and the ulnar side is biased. Move 0\~15 degrees. A total of three measurements will be taken with a one-minute rest in between, and measurements were made in kilograms (Kg). In addition, on the 15th day after the operation, the experimental group started to use the smart grip device for forearm isometric exercise and recorded the data after grip strength training.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 4(T2)
Change from Baseline Hand Grip Strength at eight weeks
Grip Strength Assessment using a hydraulic hand-held dynamometer (Takei Hand Grip Dynamometer, Japan), the arm muscle strength of the participants in the non-dominant hand was assessed. The participants sits on a chair with a backrest, with the hips bent 90 degrees, feet flat on the ground, shoulders adducted, elbows bent 90 degrees, the non-dominant arm is in a neutral position, the wrist is maintained at an extension angle of 0-30 degrees, and the ulnar side is biased. Move 0\~15 degrees. A total of three measurements will be taken with a one-minute rest in between, and measurements were made in kilograms (Kg). In addition, on the 15th day after the operation, the experimental group started to use the smart grip device for forearm isometric exercise and recorded the data after grip strength training.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 8 (T3)
Rate of participants' exercise adherence
Participants began to self-register daily exercise times, each exercise group, each exercise frequency, and self-assessed daily exercise effort scores in the exercise log on the second day after the operation, and the end of the 8th week of exercise post-compute rate of adherence.
Time frame: Baseline, two weeks after intervention(T1)
Change from Baseline Rate of Adherence at four weeks
Participants began to self-register daily exercise times, each exercise group, each exercise frequency, and self-assessed daily exercise effort scores in the exercise log on the second day after the operation, and the end of the 8th week of exercise post-compute rate of adherence.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 4(T2)
Change from Baseline Rate of Adherence at eight weeks
Participants began to self-register daily exercise times, each exercise group, each exercise frequency, and self-assessed daily exercise effort scores in the exercise log on the second day after the operation, and the end of the 8th week of exercise post-compute rate of adherence.
Time frame: Baseline and Weeks 8(T3)
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