Exercise Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
Aquatic Therapy, Hydrotherapy, Pool Therapy
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of a pacing device, a metronome, improves functional outcome measures in aquatic therapy when compared to a control group.
Interventions
DEVICEMetronome
Pacing aquatic exercises to the beats per minute of a metronome. The metronome will be adjusted to each patient's pain free exertion level. Patients will start with 10-20 repetitions of the exercises depending on their physical ability. The repetitions will be progressed as the patient's strength and endurance improve and noted in the chart and the flow sheet. The metronome will be synchronized during their second aquatic therapy treatment. The beats per minute (BPM) will be increased on the metronome during the series of treatments until the patient can no longer maintain proper technique with the exercises. The exercises will continue at this BPM during future visits. The patient will be instructed to keep pace with the beat of the metronome for the duration of the exercise.
Sponsors
Aultman Health Foundation
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Single Blind: one party, either the investigator or participant, is unaware of the intervention assignment; also called single-masked study.
Intervention model description
participants are assigned to one of two or more groups in parallel for the duration of the study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All patients over the age of 18 assigned to aquatic therapy
Exclusion criteria
* Women who identify themselves as pregnant on the clinics intake sheet. * Anyone unable to hear the beats of the metronome.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change between initial 30 second sit to stand measure and final measurement | Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks | Patient stands and sits as many times as they can in 30 seconds. The number of repetitions is recorded. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from the initial level reported on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale and the final reported level. | Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks | Pain level is reported on a 0 -10 scale with 0 being no pain and 10 being the highest level of pain. |
| Global Rating of Change | Up to 8 weeks | Patient rates their improvement compared to the start of treatment from (-)7 \[very much worse\] to (+)7 \[ completely recovered with 0 (zero) being unchanged. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed