Trunk Balance and Functional Independence in Individuals With SCI

NCT ID: NCT06612112

Last Updated: 2025-03-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 32 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-03-10

Brief Summary

This study investigates the relationship between trunk balance, position sense, wheelchair skills, and functional independence in individuals with thoracic spinal cord injury. It aims to understand how these factors interact and influence daily activities and overall quality of life.

Detailed Description

Sitting balance and wheelchair transfer activities are crucial for non-ambulatory spinal cord injury (SCI) patients to be able to perform activities of daily living. In addition, a comprehensive assessment of trunk balance is recommended in the literature to predict the risk of falls in these patients and to determine their functional independence. However, no study was found in the literature that included only patients with thoracic level involvement in terms of parameters such as trunk balance, fall risk, postural control abilities, functional activity and independence, which are closely related to the level of injury in patients with SCI. There is a need for a comprehensive evaluation of the patient in terms of trunk control and trunk balance, especially after a SCI defined in the thoracic segment of the medulla spinalis. In this study, male and female individuals between the ages of 18-65 years with SCI with thoracic level involvement who continue their routine treatment at the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit of Afyonkarahisar University of Health Sciences Health Application Center Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation will be included. The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between trunk balance, trunk position sense, wheelchair skills and functional independence status of the participants. The findings to be obtained after the study will be analyzed in patients with SCI at the thoracic level.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Thoracic SCI individuals

According to the ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) Scale criteria, ASIA A patients had a complete lesion; ASIA B, ASIA C and ASIA D patients had an incomplete lesion.

No Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

No Interventions

Interventions

No Interventions

No Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being diagnosed with traumatic or nontraumatic spinal cord injury,
• Having a thoracic injury level (T1-T12),
• At least 6 months have passed since the SKY injury,
• To have 90 degrees of shoulder flexion and abduction in both upper extremities,
• Be over 18 years of age,
• To be able to sit in a wheelchair without support and use a manual wheelchair independently,
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a systemic disease,
• Report a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease,
• Report musculoskeletal pain or pathology involving the upper extremity,
• Patients with intracardiac defibrillators,
• Presence of open wound.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yunus Emre Kundakçı

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

Afyonkarahisar, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

2024/2-25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id