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The effect of remote physiotherapy on balance in the sitting position in people with spinal cord injury

The additional effect of remote physiotherapy to conventional physiotherapy treatment on the component of balance in the sitting position in people with spinal cord injury: a randomized clinical trial.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20221030056342N2
Enrollment
24
Registered
2024-10-23
Start date
2024-10-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-01-08

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Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal cord injury

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: In the intervention group, participants will first receive the conventional rehabilitation program for 45 to 60 minutes as follows, The standard rehabilitation prog

Sponsors

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Confirmation of incomplete spinal cord injury by a neurologist People aged 18 to 65 years At least one year has passed since the beginning of the spinal cord injury Getting grade C or D from the ASIA questionnaire The person can sit out of bed for two hours without pain or spasms.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Perceptual problems with the MMST scale Vision problems Abnormalities in the joints Pregnancy Having bedsores more than second degree History of bone removal surgery Osteoporosis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The main outcome used in the current research is the balance of a person in a sitting position, which is measured by the T Shirt Test. Timepoint: Before and immediately after treatment. Method of measurement: The person puts on and takes off his shirt twice while sitting without support on the edge of the bed or in a wheelchair. The average time of two repetitions is considered for analysis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Quality of life. Timepoint: Before and immediately after treatment. Method of measurement: It is evaluated using the questionnaire of the quality of life of spinal cord patients (SCIQL23). This questionnaire contains 23 questions and is scored from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better quality of life.;Functional status. Timepoint: Before and immediately after treatment. Method of measurement: Using the ?SCIM scale, the ability of a person with a spinal cord injury in 18 tasks related to daily life is evaluated by the therapist and scored between 0 and 100.;Global rating of change (GRC). Timepoint: Before and immediately after treatment. Method of measurement: It evaluates the patient's current health status compared to the patient's status at the beginning of treatment. It is an 11-point Likert scale ranging from +5 (much better) to -5 (much worse).

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAfsaneh Zeinalzadeh

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

zeinalzadehAF@mums.ac.ir+98 51 3884 6710

Outcome results

None listed

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