Clinical trial · Interventional
Rocking Motion: Physiologic Effect on the Surgical Stress Response
NCT01200316CI-TRIAL-00030610completedPhase 1ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
After having abdominal surgery, patients often experience a lack of bowel function that can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling, pain, and/or discomfort. This is known as "post-operative ileus." Patients are usually not allowed to leave the hospital until their doctor is sure that their bowel function has returned. The goal of this clinical research study is to compare using a rocking chair to the standard of care in improving post-operative ileus after abdominal surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal Cancer | Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Rocking Chair Motion | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard of Care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Standard of Care Group
- description
- Post surgical patient to sit in a non-rocking chair for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Standard of Care
- Behavioral: Questionnaire
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Rocking Motion Group
- description
- Post surgical patient to rock in a rocking chair in 10-20 minute increments for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Rocking Chair Motion
- Behavioral: Questionnaire
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. At least 18 years old 2. Speak and read English 3. Scheduled to undergo abdominal surgery 4. Tolerate sitting in a rocking or nonrocking chair 5. Able to ambulate 6. Scheduled to receive epidural or intravenous patient controlled analgesia 7. Cognitively intact 8. Signed a study-specific informed consent prior to study entry 9. May include patients undergoing ileostomy or colostomy reversal Exclusion Criteria: 1\) All others will be excluded.
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