Spinal Cord Injury/Damage
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this current prospective study is to assess the effects of body weight support treadmill training (BWSTT) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Training intervention aim at improving: quality of life, walking capability, spasticity, functions in every day life, bone mass density and related hematological factors. The examination consisted of (1) neurological classification by ASIA standard neurological classification of spinal cord injury working sheet, (2) spasticity evaluation of lower limbs by Modified Ashworth Scale, (3) walking independence evaluation by Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury II (WISCI II), (4) patient's quality of life perspective by World Health Quality of Life- BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), (5) the functional status by 10-item Modified Barthel Index, (6) bone mass density (BMD) by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, (7) body tissue consistency by full body DXA scan, (8) skeletal system health associated blood factors (calcitonin, osteocalcin, 25 OH vitamin D, 1,25- (OH)2 vitamin D, ostase and parathyroid hormone) by hematological tests. The results will be collected and evaluated using statistical software (i.e. SPSS).
Interventions
PROCEDUREBWSTT (3 days a week for maximum of 20 minutes session)
Sponsors
University of Ioannina
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 88 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* SCI * ASIA classification B, C or D * clinical stable
Exclusion criteria
* unstable cardiac conditions * epilepsy * autonomic dysreflexia * significant musculoskeletal problems in lower extremities other than SCI * Parkinson's disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WISCI II | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of walking independence at six weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Modified Ashworth scale | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of spasticity of leg muscles at six weeks |
| WHOQOL-BREF | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of patients' perspective of life quality at six weeks |
| 10-item Modified Barthel Index | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of function at six weeks |
| ASIA standard neurological classification for spinal cord injury patients working sheet | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of neurological impairment status at six weeks |
| Full Body DXA scan | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of body tissue consistency at six weeks |
| Hematological analysis | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of blood's calcitonin, osteocalcin, 25 OH vitamin D, 1,25- (OH)2 vitamin D, ostase and parathyroid hormone concentrations at six weeks |
| DXA scan | At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks | Change of BMD of hip and spine at six weeks |
Countries
Greece
Outcome results
None listed