Abdominal Binder effect on breathing, speech and blood pressure in spinal cord injuries.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Injuries and Accidents - Fractures

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000144213
• Lead Sponsor: Princess Alexandra Hospital

Brief Summary

The objective was to investigate the effect of an elasticated abdominal binder on respiratory, voice, and blood pressure outcomes for people with a motor complete acute tetraplegia during the first year after injury using a randomized crossover study design. Fourteen participants consented to take part allowing measurements of respiratory, voice and blood pressure to be collected with and without the abdominal binder. The study found that an individually fitted abdominal binder significantly improved breathing volume, force and voicing time.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-03-06
• Study Completion: 2010-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

Acute spinal cord injury above T12, Amercian Spinal Injuries Association (ASIA) classification system of ASIA classification A or B which indicates complete motor dennervation below level.

Exclusion Criteria

Pressure sore of stage 2 or greater, active respiratory disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respiratory function- <br>Vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity in one second (FEV1), Peak expiratory flow (PEF) will be measured using a handheld SpiroPro machine.<br> <br>Maximum expiratory pressure (MEP)and maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) will be measured using a Micro Medical MicroRPM machine[6 weeks after mobilization, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Speech function - Sustained phonation, loudness range, conversational speech quality will be measured using the Edirol device. Data analysis will be carried out by trained blinded Speech Pathologists.[6 weeks after mobilization, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months];Mean arterial pressure will be calculated from blood pressure recording taken using the portable OMRON IA2[6 weeks after mobilization, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months]