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Effects of Lateral Trunk Support on Spinal Alignment in Spinal Cord Injured Persons

NCT ID: NCT00154505

Last Updated: 2005-09-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-09-30

Study Completion Date

2004-11-30

Brief Summary

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The effects of lateral trunk supports (LTS) in special seating on the spinal alignment of 17 spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects with scoliosis were studied using bi-planar radiographs. The LTS improved significantly the functional scoliotic spinal alignment in the frontal and sagittal planes regardless of the severity of scoliosis.

Detailed Description

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SCI patients often develop progressive scoliosis due to loss of muscular support to maintain good sitting posture. Special seating with LTS has been widely used in clinical practice to improve their sitting postures. However, little is known as to how this can affect the scoliotic curve.The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of lateral trunk supports (LTS) in special seating on the spinal alignment of spinal cord injured (SCI) individuals with scoliosis.

Ten male and seven female SCI subjects with scoliosis sat on an experimental chair with and without LTS while radiographs of the spine in the anteroposterior and lateral directions were taken. Radiographs of the spine in the A-P and lateral directions were taken with a digital radiographic imaging system (Saturn 9000 M, Comed., Korea). For each direction, the complete image of the spine was obtained from separate x-ray images of the upper and lower trunk due to the limited field of view of the x-ray machine. The Cobb angles and scoliotic indices based on the anteroposterior radiographic images and the angles of the thoracic and lumber spine based on lateral were calculated.

Conditions

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Scoliosis Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords

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Scoliosis Spinal Cord Injury Lateral Trunk Support Radiography

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Lateral trunk support of wheelchair seating

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* (1) C4-T12 SCI, (2) onset over 1 year, (3) sitting on the wheelchair more than 4 hours per day, (4) diagnosed thoracic or lumbar scoliosis through A-P radiographs, (5) flexible scoliosis, confirmed by supine and side-lying bending radiographs.

Exclusion Criteria

* inflexible scoliosis
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Hui-Fen Mao, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University

Locations

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School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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NSC 91-2314-B-002-393

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NSC 92-2314-B-002-084

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

9261701245

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id