Animal Assisted Therapy
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Official title
Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Trauma Patient's Willingness to Participate in Ambulation
Brief summary
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This study looks at whether walking with a therapy dog helps adult and pediatric trauma patients move more during their hospital stay. Early movement after an injury or surgery can prevent problems such as blood clots, pressure sores, and muscle loss, but pain and anxiety often make it hard for patients to get out of bed. Each patient in this study takes part in two walking sessions-one with a certified therapy dog and one without a dog. The order is randomized, so some patients walk with the dog first and others walk without the dog first. Before and after each walk, patients fill out short surveys about their pain, anxiety, and motivation to move. The research team measures how far and how long each patient walks in both sessions. The goal of this project is to see if therapy dog visits can safely and effectively improve mobility, reduce pain and anxiety, and make walking more enjoyable for trauma patients. Findings from this study may help hospitals design better rehabilitation programs that use animal-assisted therapy to support physical and emotional recovery.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT07227181
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 128 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 4 Years to 99 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 22, 2025
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Jul 23, 2026
2025 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital | Lexington | Kentucky | 40515-9578 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jul 23, 2026 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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