Wheelchair Indoors Curling With SCI patients_RCT (SCI-RCT)

February 23, 2016 updated by: Mittaz Hager Anne-Gabrielle, HES-SO Valais-Wallis

The Effects of Indoors Curling Exercise in Persons With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury on Control Capabilities of Trunk Movements: a Randomized-controlled Trial.

This study investigates if, patients with diagnosed chronic spinal cord injury will benefit from an Indoor Curling Exercise program on their control capabilities of trunk movements and on their intrinsic motivation for physical activity. Half of participants will receive 8 training-sessions during 4 weeks, while the other will receive usual care.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a catastrophic event that can be devastating and costly in human and social terms. These patients require multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment. Physiotherapy is important factor in SCI rehabilitation.

The objectives of physiotherapists are manifold and include the development of the force of healthy muscles, the teaching of transfer techniques, the maintenance of joint motion and of the body map, and the reestablishment of sitting balance in order for the patients to regain their autonomy.

Maintaining postural stability when seated is a challenge for people with a SCI as their sensory and motor systems in their trunk, lower and upper extremities have been damaged to different degrees. To train this postural stability, physiotherapists include many interventions. Physical activities in sport therapy are some of them. In addition to usual physical activities (basketball, tennis, wheelchair running,…) the investigators propose to practice wheelchair Indoors Curling Exercise with wooden Curling Stones.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

32

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Switzerland
      • Zurich, Switzerland, 8008
        • Uniklink Balgrist
    • Valais
      • Sion, Valais, Switzerland, 1951
        • Clinique romande de réadaptation CRR-SUVA

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Traumatic, non-traumatic or ischemic Spinal Cord Injury with complete or incomplete para- or tetraplegia
  • Complete spinal cord status (ASIA Score)
  • Sitting capabilities ≥ 4 hours
  • Capability to bench 20° forward in trunk flexion
  • Signed informed consent after being informed

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Progressives pathologies
  • Problem in vestibular system
  • Severely impaired vision
  • Tetraplegia without hand function
  • Acute pain
  • Contraindications on ethical grounds
  • Previously reduced capabilities of cooperation
  • Know or suspected non-compliance

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental : Curling group
Other: Wheelchair indoors curling training
8x 90 minutes of training and playing indoors curling in 4 weeks
No Intervention: Control : Usual care group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sitting balance
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Control capabilities of trunk movement (6-channel inertial sensor by 25 cycles per minute, back-and-forth trunk movements), Modified Functional Reach Test
8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Intrinsic Motivation
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI)
8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Collaborators

Clinique Romande de Readaptation
Uniklinik Balgrist, Zürich

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 9, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 14, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 24, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 23, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 44408

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