Efficacy of Whole-body Vibration on Balance Control, Postural Stability and Mobility After Thermal Burn Injuries.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Thermal Burn
• Interventions: Device: whole body vibration device; Other: routine physical therapy treatment

• Registration Number: NCT04500314
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of whole-body vibration device on Balance control, postural Stability and mobility after thermal burn injuries.

Detailed Description

40 patients with deep second-degree burn involving the lower limbs and trunk (TBSA: 35-40%), will be randomly assigned either into the experimental group, received whole body vibration (WBV) plus the routine physical therapy program or the control group, received the same routine physical therapy program. All treatment interventions will be applied at a frequency of three sessions per week for 8 weeks. Anteroposterior stability (APS), Medial lateral stability (MLS), Time up and go test (TUG) test, and Berg balance scale will be the outcome measures of the study.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-03
• Study Start: 2020-08-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-05
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-25
• Study Completion: 2020-12-28
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-15
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ranged between 20 and 45 years,
• Deep 2nd degree of thermal burn of lower limb and trunk with (35-40%) surface area of burn as measured by "rule of nine" method, with complete wound healing or after 6 weeks from the injury.
• Body mass index of between 17 and 35, with no history of neurological disorders or injuries to the lower extremities.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with open burn wound,
• Patients diagnosed with acute rheumatoid arthritis,
• Joint replacement within the past year,
• History of traumatic spine within the past six months,
• Prosthesis,
• Recent fracture or bone disease.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Whole body vibration plus routine physical therapy	routine physical therapy treatment	-
Routine physical therapy	routine physical therapy treatment	-
Whole body vibration plus routine physical therapy	whole body vibration device	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Postural stability	8 weeks of treatment	The antero-posterior stability index (APSI) was measured for all cases before and after eight weeks of treatment. This index will be standard deviations assessing fluctuations around the zero point (horizontal) rather than around a group mean. The APSI assessed the fluctuations from the horizontal along the AP on the BSS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time up and go test	8 weeks of treatment	The TUG test used to measure mobility. Participants were asked to raise up from sitting in a chair to a standing position and to walk a distance of 3 m, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down again with their backs flush to the back of the chair and with arms resting on the arm rests. The time for participants to complete the task was measured in seconds with a stopwatch. The best, or lowest time from 3 trials, was used in the analysis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo University, Faculty of physical therapy.; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Giza, Egypt