Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Corporal Suspension and Pendulum Exercises

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries
• Interventions: Other: Rehabilitation

• Registration Number: NCT02316067
• Lead Sponsor: Marco Aurélio Vaz, PhD

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an exercise program proposed by the CHORDATA® Method on the functionality, maximal isometric torque, muscle activity and muscle thickness of trunk muscles in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury.

The hypothesis is that the CHORDATA® Method could reduce the deleterious effects of the traumatic spinal cord injury.

Detailed Description

Participants were allocated into one of two groups (rehabilitation or control). Rehabilitation group (8 weeks of rehabilitation; CHORDATA® Method) Control group (patients with up to three years of traumatic spinal cord injury): Participants maintained their daily-life activities routine during the same eight weeks period and were tested before and after this control period. At the end of the control period, patients interested at participating on the training program were included in the intervention group

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2014-01
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-09
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients that suffered traumatic spinal cord injury in the last 42 months, capable of transporting themselves for rehabilitation at the physical therapy clinic and for the neuromuscular tests at the laboratory where measurements were performed.

Exclusion Criteria

• Body weight above 95kg
• Physical and functional limitations impeding them of performing physical activity
• Physically incapacitating diseases (e.g severe cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, oncologic diseases, systemic arterial hypertension)
• Visual deficit that impeded reading
• Recurrent vertigo or hypotension to exercise
• Engaged in other treatments that could constitute a confounding effect
• Changed their daily life activities during the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Rehabilitation	Rehabilitation	Eight weeks of rehabilitation (CHORDATA® Method)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Torque change ( assessed by dynamometry.)	Torque was measured 2 times during the study: Pre-intervention/control and post-intervention/control (8 weeks after the first assessment).	Torque is an expression of the muscular strength and was assessed by dynamometry.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscular electrical activation change (assessed by electromyography (EMG)	Muscular electrical activation was measured 2 times during the study: Pre-intervention/control and post-intervention/control (8 weeks after the first assessment).	Electrical activation was assessed by electromyography (EMG).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Exercise Research Laboratory, School of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil