- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03801772
Effects of a Metronome on Functional Outcomes in Aquatic Therapy
September 1, 2021 updated by: Dan Fomich, Aultman Health Foundation
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.
Study Overview
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
100
Phase
- Not Applicable
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
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Ohio
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Canton, Ohio, United States, 44708
- Aultman Tusc Therapy
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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
16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
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.
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: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Metronome
This arm will be using the metronome as a pacing device during aquatic exercises.
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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.
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No Intervention: Control
The patients will be educated on proper performance of aquatic exercises following normal physical therapy procedures.
Patients will start with 10-20 repetitions of the exercises depending on their physical ability and progressed as the patient's strength and endurance improve.
Each session will last approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
The BORG scale (a valid, subjective measure of perceived exertion) will be used as a monitoring device to ensure that a desired level of exercise intensity is reached.
The desired level is a score between 12 and 16.
The patients will be asked to rate their level of exertion at the end of each session.
Intensity of the exercises will be adjusted the next session if the patient's reported level of exertion does not fall within the desired range.
The pain rating and the BORG number will be recorded for both groups in the chart and flow
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change between initial 30 second sit to stand measure and final measurement
Time Frame: Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks
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Patient stands and sits as many times as they can in 30 seconds.
The number of repetitions is recorded.
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Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change from the initial level reported on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale and the final reported level.
Time Frame: Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks
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Pain level is reported on a 0 -10 scale with 0 being no pain and 10 being the highest level of pain.
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Initial evaluation and up to 8 weeks
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Global Rating of Change
Time Frame: Up to 8 weeks
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Patient rates their improvement compared to the start of treatment from (-)7 [very much worse] to (+)7 [ completely recovered with "0" (zero) being unchanged.
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Up to 8 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
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 (Actual)
January 21, 2019
Primary Completion (Actual)
December 31, 2019
Study Completion (Actual)
April 16, 2021
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 8, 2019
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 9, 2019
First Posted (Actual)
January 11, 2019
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
September 2, 2021
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 1, 2021
Last Verified
September 1, 2021
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- AultmanRA2018.10.AF
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
No
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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