A home based program for improving balance in acquired brain injury patients
Completed
- Conditions
- Acquired brain injuryInjury, Occupational Diseases, PoisoningIntracranial injury, unspecified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN37857836
- Lead Sponsor
- Don Gnocchi Foundation Health Centre (Italy)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged between 18 and 55 years
2. Male and female participants
3. 12 - 18 months with ABI
4. Balance deficits with the One Leg Stance test - patients scored less than 10 seconds on this test
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders
2. Presence of serious heart disease
3. Presence of serious cognitive-behavioral disorders
4. Changes to the treatment of muscle relaxant and antispasmodic drugs during the period of enrollment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method One Leg Stand Test - right and left in single and multi task conditions (where normal= stable for 20 seconds; unable = stable for <2 sec )<br>This is a simple, predictive and inexpensive marker, which is helpful in screening for low functional level in clinical practice
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BES Test) (normal=108) to identify the disordered systems undelying balance control<br>2. Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale, to determine self-reported confidence when performing 16 different daily activities. (where 0% no confidence; 100% full confidence)<br>3. Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), an individualized criterion referenced measure of change suitable for measuring the impact of an intervention (where -2=much worse; +2 = much better)<br><br>These were measured at baseline and at the end of the seven weeks of training, precisely during the week following the conclusion of training.