Singing Cords: Peer - led therapeutic group singing for people with spinal cord injury.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000076178
• Lead Sponsor: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Metro South Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 28 January 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Newly acquired or existing clients with SCI affecting the mid thoracic and cervical levels of the spine will be eligible if also able to attend twice weekly sessions at the Princess Alexandra Hospital for a 3 month period.

Exclusion Criteria

Excluded if have a history of a speech disorder prior to SCI, psychiatric disorder, prior stroke or brain injury. Also excluded if significant respiratory disease which impairs their ability to complete respiratory outcome measures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Forced vital capacity - measured using an EasyOne spirometer following American Thoracic Society (ATS) spirometry guidelines modified for spinal cord injury whilst participant is sitting in their wheelchair. [Initial, completion (after 12 weeks of the program) and follow-up at 3 months post program completion];Maximal sustained phonation time - measured as the maximum length of time a participant can sustain the sound ah with even pitch after a large inhalation whilst sitting in their wheelchair.[Initial, completion (after 12 weeks of the program) and follow-up at 3 months post program completion];Quality of life - measured using international spinal cord injury data sets quality of life basic data set and EQ-5D-5L tool. [Initial, completion (after 12 weeks of the program) and follow-up at 3 months post program completion]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Voice loudness measured as sound pressure level and perceptual voice profile. This will be audio-recorded using a portable digital MP3/Wave recorder (Edirol R-1, Roland) for later perceptual and acoustic analysis. A headset microphone (AKG Model C420) will be positioned at a mouth-to-microphone distance of 5 cm during recordings. Speech samples will be recorded as digital .wav files at a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz with 16-bit quantization. Standardized instructions will be provided to participants. The examiner will provide an example and training as required to ensure compliance with the task. [Initial, completion (after 12 weeks of the program) and follow-up at 3 months post program completion]