Health Condition 1: S341- Other and unspecified injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with paraplegia from traumatic cause (spinal level T1-12) 2. Duration of injury : more than 1 year 3. Age -20-40 years 4. ASIA-A,B 5. Subject should be completely active in ADLs and functionally independent. 6. Subjects will required to be sedentary that is no leisure time physical activity or a strenuous exercise within 48 hours prior testing
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects taking medication that could affect heart rate e.g. beta blockers, Ca++ channel blockers 2. Subjects with premorbid respiratory condition like asthma, COPD, restrictive lung diseases 3. Active Smokers. 4. History of unstable angina, recent cardiac infarction, uncontrolled hypertension, kidney failure, autonomic dysfunction, diabetes. 5. Subjects with any diagnosed cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, physiological, musculoskeletal, psychiatric disorders other than spinal cord injury, obesity, and drug users specially drugs affecting nervous system.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dependent Variables Cardiac autonomic function: Heart rate variability Functional capacity parameters Hand grip dynamometry test Six minute push test Yo-Yo intermittent adapted recovery test VO2 Peak Timepoint: day 0 (pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks of training post reading post intervention (day 46) Dependent Variables Cardiac autonomic function: Heart rate variability Functional capacity parameters Hand grip dynamometry test Six minute push test Yo-Yo intermittent adapted recovery test VO2 Peak | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| wheelchair endurance drillsTimepoint: before intervention after the study get the registration, after 6 weeks of intervention | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Indian Spinal Injuries Centre Institute of Rehabilitation