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NCT Number: NCT02550834

Wheelchair Indoors Curling With SCI patients_RCT

This study investigates if, patients with diagnosed chronic spinal cord injury will benefit from an Indoor Curling Exercise program on their control capabilities of trunk movements and on their intrinsic motivation for physical activity. Half of participants will receive 8 training-sessions during 4 weeks, while the other will receive usual care.

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Key information

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Spinal Cord Diseases Spinal Cord Injuries Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Uniklink Balgrist, Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

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About this study

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a catastrophic event that can be devastating and costly in human and social terms. These patients require multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment. Physiotherapy is important factor in SCI rehabilitation.

The objectives of physiotherapists are manifold and include the development of the force of healthy muscles, the teaching of transfer techniques, the maintenance of joint motion and of the body map, and the reestablishment of sitting balance in order for the patients to regain their autonomy.

Maintaining postural stability when seated is a challenge for people with a SCI as their sensory and motor systems in their trunk, lower and upper extremities have been damaged to different degrees. To train this postural stability, physiotherapists include many interventions. Physical activities in sport therapy are some of them. In addition to usual physical activities (basketball, tennis, wheelchair running,…) the investigators propose to practice wheelchair Indoors Curling Exercise with wooden Curling Stones.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Traumatic, non-traumatic or ischemic Spinal Cord Injury with complete or incomplete para- or tetraplegia
  • Complete spinal cord status (ASIA Score)
  • Sitting capabilities ≥ 4 hours
  • Capability to bench 20° forward in trunk flexion
  • Signed informed consent after being informed

Exclusion criteria

  • Progressives pathologies
  • Problem in vestibular system
  • Severely impaired vision
  • Tetraplegia without hand function
  • Acute pain
  • Contraindications on ethical grounds
  • Previously reduced capabilities of cooperation
  • Know or suspected non-compliance

Treatment and study plan

Wheelchair indoors curling training

Other

8x 90 minutes of training and playing indoors curling in 4 weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. Sitting balance

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Control capabilities of trunk movement (6-channel inertial sensor by 25 cycles per minute, back-and-forth trunk movements), Modified Functional Reach Test

Secondary outcomes

  1. Intrinsic Motivation

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Other

Collaborators

  • Clinique Romande de Readaptation
  • Uniklinik Balgrist, Zürich

Registry information

Official study title

The Effects of Indoors Curling Exercise in Persons With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury on Control Capabilities of Trunk Movements: a Randomized-controlled Trial.

Acronym: SCI-RCT

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 16, 2015
Registry last updated
Feb 24, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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