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Improving Lung Health and Life Quality in People with Spinal Cord Injury using Wheelchair Skills Training Program

To evaluate the effect of wheelchair skills training program in enhancing pulmonary function and quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/093194
Enrollment
40
Registered
2025-08-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: S241- Other and unspecified injuries ofthoracic spinal cord

Interventions

Intervention1: Wheelchair skills training program and conventional cardiopulmonary physiotherapy: It will be given for 1 hour session for 2 days a week for 4 weeks.Total duration of intervention will

Sponsors

Pt B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India, 124001
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Minimum post-injury duration of 6 months. 2.Ability to sit independently. 3.Diagnosed as a thoracic spinal cord injury (T-SCI) and categorized B/C according to ASIA classification system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Presence of pressure sores. 2.Neurological condition other than SCI such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and degenerative brain disease. 3.Medical history affecting pulmonary function such as COPD, bronchial asthma. 4.Body mass index 30 or greater.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pulmonary Function Test(PFT) 12 minute wheelchair aerobic test (12 MWAT) Modified Borg Scale (MBS) WHOQOL-BREFQuestionnaire Timepoint: Baseline, after 4 weeks, after 2 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Spinal cord independence measure-IV(SCIM-IV)Timepoint: Baseline, after 4 weeks, after 2 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAarti Sharma

College of Physiotherapy, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

bhawna_pt@yahoo.co.in09992822644

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026