Health Condition 1: null- Spinal Cord Injury Patients (Paraplegics)
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Add on Yoga with Physiotherapy: The specific module of â??Integrated approach of Yoga therapy (IAYT)â?? for Spinal Cord injury management was developed by using the concepts from tradit
Sponsors
Swami Vivekananda Yoga University SVYASA
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (i) Incomplete SCI patient (American spinal injury Association impairment scale (AIS)C and (AIS)D with injury to the spinal cord from level anywhere between T1 to L5. (ii)Patients admitted to Swami Vivekananda National Institute Rehabilitation, Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), Odisha. (iii) Patients of both genders and with the age range of 18-60 years. (iv) Patients who are willing to participate in the study and who are English literate. (v) Have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury for a minimum of 6 months prior to consent and have completed their primary rehabilitation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (i) Have any contraindications to FES such as a cardiac pacemaker, epilepsy, lower limb fracture or pregnancy. (ii) Are likely to experience clinically significant autonomic dysreflexia and/or orthostatic hypotension in response to electrical stimulation or prolonged upright postures. (iii) Have chronic systemic diseases, e.g., hepatitis C or HIV-AIDS. (iv) Have an existing stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcer according to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel classification. (v) Have had recent major trauma or surgery within the last 6 months. (vi) Have degenerative myelopathy, neoplasm, or congenital spinal cord anomalies. (vii) Have concomitant medical problems that might have influenced everyday function, such as malignancy, brain injury or mental diseases were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (i) Walking index for SCI II (WISCI II) (ii) American Spinal Injury Assessment (ASIA) motor and sensory scores (iii) Modified Modified Ashworth Scale to measure spasticity (iv) Anthropometry : Body Mass Index (BMI) (v) Bio-markers: C-reactive protein (CRP), Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)Timepoint: Day 1 Day 30 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (i) Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life -23 (SCI QL-23) Questionnaire (ii) Spinal cord Injury Measure (SCIM) (iii) Multidimensional Pain Inventory (Spinal Cord Injury Version) â?? MPI-SCI (iv) Medical-Based Emotional Distress Scale (MEDS) (v) In depth interview method for qualitative analysisTimepoint: Day 1 Day 30 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMonali Madhusmita
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA)
Outcome results
None listed