Sensory Motor Training on Foot Weight Distribution in Patients With Foot Burn

NCT ID: NCT06632223

Last Updated: 2024-10-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effect sensory motor training on foot weight distribution and postural stability in patients with foot burn.

Detailed Description

Pain, contractures, scars, altered sensations, muscle weakness, and postural balance impairment are potential complications of foot burn that negatively influence a person's ability to function normally and correlate with gait abnormalities like reduced step height and length, along with slower gait speed. These gait disturbances pose significant challenges for burn patients, affecting their mobility and overall quality of life. So, this study aims to understanding how sensory motor training can improve balance, gait, and overall functional mobility is essential for guiding the development of evidence-based rehabilitation protocols tailored to the unique needs of this population.

Conditions

Burn; Postural Stability

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Sensory-motor training group

This group will include 35 patients with foot burns. Patients will receive sensorimotor training exercise in addition to a traditional physical therapy program in the form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scar management. Exercises will be applied for 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Sensory motor training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each session will be composed of 10 minutes of warm-up, followed by 50-60 minutes of sensory motor exercises, followed by 5-10 minutes of cool down.

Traditional physical therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

traditional physical therapy program in form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises, scar management, and gait training

Traditional physical therapy group

This group will include 35 patients with foot burns. Patients will receive the traditional physical therapy program only in the form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scar management. Exercises will be applied for 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional physical therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

traditional physical therapy program in form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises, scar management, and gait training

Interventions

Sensory motor training

Each session will be composed of 10 minutes of warm-up, followed by 50-60 minutes of sensory motor exercises, followed by 5-10 minutes of cool down.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Traditional physical therapy

traditional physical therapy program in form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises, scar management, and gait training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients will suffer from foot "planter surface" second degree thermal burn (Partial thickness).
• Patients who have undergone skin grafting and those who have not undergone skin grafting are both eligible for inclusion in the study.
• Patients will begin the training program after complete wound healing.
• Patients will be given their informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who had an open wound at or near treatment site.
• Patients who had chemical or electrical burn.
• Patients with specific conditions such as musculoskeletal impairments impacting independent walking (e.g., strokes, severe arthritis).
• Uncontrolled cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases.
• Patients with neurological, psychiatric illness, severe behavior or cognitive disorders.
• Metabolic or vascular disease with a neurological component such as diabetes.
• Patients with hearing problems, individuals with otitis media, and patients experiencing nystagmus and visual problems.
• Malignant conditions.
• Uncooperative patients.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Shaimaa Mohamed Ahmed Elsayeh

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Shaimaa Mohamed Ahmed Elsayeh

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.

Cairo, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005257

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id