Study About Acting of Adaptive Sport in Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular System and the Quality of Life of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Through Biomedical Instrumentation (Adaptive sport)

The hypothesis is to the fulfillment of canoeing, handbike and conventional physiotherapy activities the groups could show improvement in muscle strength of the arms, decreased resistance of the lower limbs (spasticity), improved trunk balance and movements of the upper limbs, improves cardiovascular function, bone health, and consequently improve the quality of life.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Adaptive Sport in Spinal Cord Injury
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: adapted canoeing, hadbike and conventional physiotherapy

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Elizângela Márcia Abreu; Phone Number: (12)981476984; Email: eliz_nasa@yahoo.com.br

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • São Paulo
    • São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, 12244-000
      • Recruiting
      • Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
      • Contact: UNIVAP; Phone Number: (12) 3947-1000
      • Principal Investigator: Elizângela Carvalho Abreu, master

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 40 years (ADULT, CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 15-40 years
• of both sexes
• with injury time over 8 months, who present spasticity in the lower limbs up to grade 2 according to the scale of Ashwoth modified patient with paraplegia or paraparesis in thoracolumbar level (lower than T2) levels.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age over 40 years
• lesion less than 8 months
• above T2 lesions
• musculoskeletal disorders such as deformity
• severe contracture
• previously diagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities or risk factors such as hypertension
• diabetes and obesity, use of medications and cardiopressant cardioestimuladoras, smoking and alcoholics.

• For individuals who participate in the group canoeing and by adapting the pool will still include the following exclusion criteria:

  • decubitus ulcers
  • fungal infections
  • urinary incontinence
  • inflammatory processes and neoplasms.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: adapted canoeing, handbike, conventional physiotherapy; Individuals are divided into three groups: one group adapted canoeing, one group of handbike and one grup of conventional physiotherapy.	Other: adapted canoeing, hadbike and conventional physiotherapy; The subjects adapted canoeing group will practice on the kayak and rowing exercises associating with ball. The individuals in the group will handbike workouts outdoors and surpassing cirucuitos mounted with cones. Individuals in the conventional physiotherapy group will make stretching and strengthening exercises.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluate of torque	The isokinetic dynamometer Biodex System will be used to evaluate the torque of biceps and triceps brachii of the dominant limb. The protocol will be conducted in 5 replicates in concentric isokinetic mode for flexion and extension of the elbow. The range of motion is from 80 to elbow extension, adopting as the 0 ° position in which the longitudinal center line of the lever arm of the dynamometer will remain parallel to the ground. The forearm of individuals remain in neutral pronation-supination, the shoulder joint is maintained at 45 ° of flexion and abduction. The unit of measure will be N.m	Data collection for 11 months.
Evaluation of resistance to stretching of the flexors and extensors knee	Individuals will be submitted to test resistance to stretching of the flexors and extensors knee of the dominant leg, through isokinetic dynamometer Biodex System. To perform the test the individual remain seated and stabilized in equipment with hip and knee flexed to 90°. The lever arm is positioned at 2 cm from the malleoli (medial and lateral) axes of the ankle and the dynamometer coincide with the axis of movement of flexion-extension of the knee. After positioning, the dynamometer in passive mode will be triggered to perform 5 repetitions of knee flexion-extension in an angular velocity of 120 °/s, and range of motion of 90°. Individuals will be instructed not to perform any kind of contraction or voluntary movement. The unit of measure is N.m.	For 11 months
Electromyography of knee extensors	Simultaneously, the evaluation of the tone of the lower limbs through dynamometry muscle activity will be captured by means of EMG. Electromyographic variables are captured in relation to the quadriceps muscle group of the dominant limb. Surface electrodes are placed on the muscle belly of the rectus femoris, vastus medialis and vastus lateralis according to the recommendations of SENIAM (Surface Electro MyoGraphy for the Non-Invasive Assessment of Muscles). The EMG signal is acquired with a sampling frequency of 2000 Hz and unit reader of channels in microvolts. The data are normalized by the average of electromyographic signals during passive movement performed by isokinetic dynamometer.	11 months
Electromyography of erector trunk	Electromyographic variables are also captured in relation to the erector muscles of the trunk. Surface electrodes are placed on the muscle belly (bilaterally), 2 cm from the vertebra, corresponding to one segment above the level of the lesion for each group analyzed point. The EMG signal is acquired with a sampling frequency of 2000 Hz and unit reader of channels in microvolts. The data are normalized by the average of electromyographic signals obtained during the stabilization of the trunk through the force platform test, described below.	11 months
Evaluation of trunk balance	Simultaneously, the EMG of the erector muscles of the trunk, the trunk balance will be assessed using a force platform, EMG system brand in Brazil, which has four load cells and acquisition frequency of 2000 Hz This platform analyzes anteroposterior oscillation. In the evaluation, patients remain in sitting under the platform with outstanding lower limbs and upper limbs along the body for 30 seconds with eyes open and then with eyes closed position. The unit of measure will be Kgf.	11 months
kinematic analysis	To analyze the movements of the upper limbs markers will be fixed in the following anatomical landmarks: lateral center of the shoulder joint, lateral trunk, elbow, wrist and fifth metacarpal head of the dominant limb. The regions where the markers will be fixed previously cleaned with cotton and alcohol to remove the natural oils from the skin, allowing for better fixation of the markers. The videos will be played during activities of canoeing and handbike so adapted to the collection. The video camera will be positioned laterally to the individual. For canoeing gathering will be held at the clinic hydrotherapy and movement of boating pool is played similarly for 2 min, with guy in kayak. And for analyzing the movements performed for handbike, subjects will be shot while performing movements with handbike on a roll for 2 minutes. The joint angles of the shoulder, elbow and wrist, and the pace of movement will be analyzed.	11 months
Analysis of heart rate varibilidade	Data will be collected through the heart monitor Polar RS 800 then will be transferred to a microcomputer equipped with Polar ProTrainer software. The signal will be filtered and exported to Matlab 6.1 to perform the Continuous Wavelet Transform (TWC) in order to obtain for the spectral analysis variables: low frequency - LF = Low Frequency, 0.04-0.15 Hz and high frequency - HF = High Frequence, 0.15-0.4 Hz; and a temporal analysis variables: HR, RR, SDNN, RMSSD and PNN50.	11 months
Evaluation of quality of life	To assess the quality of life questionnaire World Health Organization Quality of Life in its shortened version - WHQOL-BREF is used. This instrument consists of 26 questions, of which 24 are divided into four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment, in addition to these four areas, the instrument features two general questions: one refers to the perception of quality of life and other satisfaction with health. All responses are composed of graduated scale with scores ranging from one to five points.	11 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Data Analysis	For data analysis, dynamometry and electromyography (EMG) is used to EMGworks Program 3.1.1.1 Analysis of Delsys. To dynamometry, delete the first and last repetition and will be calculated for the mean peak torque of upper limb and root mean square (RMS - English root mean square) for resistance to passive movement of the lower limb. For electromyographic analysis, will be using a 4th order bandpass filter (20-400 Hz) and the RMS value is calculated for each signal. The heart rate variability will be analyzed by Wavelet raw state. For data analysis of quality of life an application Excel is used. For the remaining data will be given on how best analysis. The statistical analysis will be performed using the program Bioestat	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 26, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): June 30, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 30, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 26, 2014
• Last Verified: June 1, 2014

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Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Spinal cord injury,; adaptive sport,; dynamometry,; electromyography,; force platform.
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Trauma, Nervous System; Spinal Cord Diseases; Wounds and Injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: CAAE: 18353613.0.0000.5503