The IBD-FITT study - moderate-intensity exercise for patients with inflammatory bowel disease with moderate disease activity: an open-label randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis are chronic autoimmune lifelong diseases with fluctuating activity over time. The treatment includes medical therapy and surgery, however, there is no definite cure. Therefore, the quest for new and supplementary treatment options is imperative to improve patients' general health and quality of life. Physical activity and exercise have been suggested to be elements in both the prevention and supplementary treatment of IBD; however, this is based on limited underpowered trials. Thus, the role of exercise as a treatment option still has to be settled. We aim to investigate the effect of a 12-week exercise intervention in adult patients with moderately active IBD on three categories of outcomes (1) di

SUBMITTER: Lund K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10659067 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature