Whether adding heel raise increases walking performance of patients with low level spinal cord injury?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G952- Other and unspecified cord compression
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/017193
- Lead Sponsor
- Christian Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
People with bilateral plantar flexor weakness following cauda equina lesion
All patients with traumatic or non-traumatic cauda equina cause
Able to walk independently without physical assistance(walking index score for spinal cord injury version II level 20)
Less than 2 years post injury
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with calcaneal ulcers
Patients with neuropathic ankle joint
Severe dorsiflexor tightness
Any premorbid or congenital lower limb deformities
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gait parameters <br/ ><br>1. Stride length <br/ ><br>2. Cadence <br/ ><br>3. Gait speed <br/ ><br>4. Timed up and go testTimepoint: <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>All of the following Gait parameters will be measured before and after the addition of heel raise. post measurement will be done after one day of practice <br/ ><br>1. Stride length <br/ ><br>2. Cadence <br/ ><br>3. Gait speed <br/ ><br>4. Timed up and go test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil