Dual-task Obstacle Crossing Training in Ambulatory Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury

September 26, 2016 updated by: Sugalya Amatachaya, Khon Kaen University

Dual Task Obstacle Crossing: Effects on Walking and Balance Ability, and Relationship With Falls in Independent Ambulatory Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Is dual-task obstacle crossing training more efficiently than single-task obstacle crossing training on the improvement of walking ability, balance ability, and lower extremity muscle strength in ambulatory subjects with spinal cord injury

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To compare immediate effects of dual-task and single-task obstacle crossing training in ambulatory subjects with spinal cord injury

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

7

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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 to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • independent ambulatory subjects with
  • traumatic causes or non-progressive diseases
  • sub-acute and chronic stage of injury (at least 3 month after injury)
  • body mass index (BMI) between 18.5-29.9 kg/m2
  • walk independently for at least 17 meters with or without assistive devices (Functional Independence Measure Locomotor (FIM-L) scores 5-7)
  • able to read Thai

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pain in the musculoskeletal system with a pain scale more than 5 out of 10 on a the visual analog scale (VAS)
  • deformity in the joints that affect ambulatory ability
  • unable to understand the commands and tests used in the study

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: Dual-task obstacle crossing training
The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are instructed to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device. During walk over obstacles, subjects asked to perform simultaneously with a color word stroop task which requires subjects to see and answer the color of the name of a color words in the monitor (ignore the meaning) as quickly as possible, and loudly.
Other: Dual-task obstacle crossing training
Obstacle crossing simultaneously a color word stroop task training
Sham Comparator: Single-task obstacle crossing training
The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are asked to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device.
Other: Single-task obstacle crossing training
Obstacle crossing training

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
10MWT (Single-task)
Time Frame: 1 day
Walking speed in single-task condition
1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
10MWT (Dual-task)
Time Frame: 1 day
Walking speed in dual-task condition
1 day
TUGT
Time Frame: 1 day
Balance ability
1 day
FTSST
Time Frame: 1 day
Lower extremity muscle strength
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Khon Kaen University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sugalya Amatachaya, PhD, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

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

October 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

February 1, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 28, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 28, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2016

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PHD/0128/2556

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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