Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Corporal Suspension and Pendulum Exercises

NCT ID: NCT02316067

Last Updated: 2014-12-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-01-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an exercise program proposed by the CHORDATA® Method on the functionality, maximal isometric torque, muscle activity and muscle thickness of trunk muscles in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.

The hypothesis is that the CHORDATA® Method could reduce the deleterious effects of the traumatic spinal cord injury.

Detailed Description

Participants were allocated into one of two groups (rehabilitation or control). Rehabilitation group (8 weeks of rehabilitation; CHORDATA® Method) Control group (patients with up to three years of traumatic spinal cord injury): Participants maintained their daily-life activities routine during the same eight weeks period and were tested before and after this control period. At the end of the control period, patients interested at participating on the training program were included in the intervention group

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Keywords

Spinal cord; Wounds and Injuries; Rehabilitation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Rehabilitation

Eight weeks of rehabilitation (CHORDATA® Method)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Rehabilitation

Intervention Type: OTHER

The CHORDATA® Method (16 sessions; 50 minutes each; twice a week) consisted of three exercises: (1) anterior pendulum, with the patient seated on a chair, upper limb suspended by springs and straps, and actively moving the trunk forward; (2) posterior pendulum exercise, on a similar position as exercise (1) but now moving the trunk backwards and recruiting the abdominal wall muscles during a posterior pelvic tilt motion; and (3) stand-up and sit-down exercise, patient with knees fixed anteriorly, initiating the standing-up movement by pulling back and down the springs, trying to maintain the standing position for as long as possible, balancing the trunk and transferring the supporting force from the upper limbs to the lower limbs.

Control

Participants maintained their daily-life activities routine during the same eight weeks period and were tested before and after this control period.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Rehabilitation

The CHORDATA® Method (16 sessions; 50 minutes each; twice a week) consisted of three exercises: (1) anterior pendulum, with the patient seated on a chair, upper limb suspended by springs and straps, and actively moving the trunk forward; (2) posterior pendulum exercise, on a similar position as exercise (1) but now moving the trunk backwards and recruiting the abdominal wall muscles during a posterior pelvic tilt motion; and (3) stand-up and sit-down exercise, patient with knees fixed anteriorly, initiating the standing-up movement by pulling back and down the springs, trying to maintain the standing position for as long as possible, balancing the trunk and transferring the supporting force from the upper limbs to the lower limbs.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients that suffered traumatic spinal cord injury in the last 42 months, capable of transporting themselves for rehabilitation at the physical therapy clinic and for the neuromuscular tests at the laboratory where measurements were performed.

Exclusion Criteria

• Body weight above 95kg
• Physical and functional limitations impeding them of performing physical activity
• Physically incapacitating diseases (e.g severe cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, oncologic diseases, systemic arterial hypertension)
• Visual deficit that impeded reading
• Recurrent vertigo or hypotension to exercise
• Engaged in other treatments that could constitute a confounding effect
• Changed their daily life activities during the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Marco Aurélio Vaz, PhD

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marco Aurélio Vaz, PhD

PhD

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carlos A Netto, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Locations

Exercise Research Laboratory, School of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

References

Frison VB, Lanferdini FJ, Geremia JM, de Oliveira CB, Radaelli R, Netto CA, Franco AR, Vaz MA. Effect of corporal suspension and pendulum exercises on neuromuscular properties and functionality in patients with medullar thoracic injury. Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2019 Mar;63:214-220. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.02.012. Epub 2019 Feb 23.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 30952032 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

UFRGS - 70254

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id