Bed to wheelchair assessment in individuals having total weakness of legs.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G958- Other specified diseases of spinalcord
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/04/024451
- Lead Sponsor
- Manipal College of Health Professions
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Individuals with traumatic thoracic spinal cord injury (T2-T12).
2. Independently executing sitting pivot transfers between the two surfaces.
3. ASIA grade A, B, C.
4. Both males and females, Aged 18-60 years.
5. At least two and a half months post injury rehabilitation in APD.
6. Manual wheelchair users using wheelchair for functional mobility tasks.
7. Appropriate hamstring extensibility i.e. greater than 30 degrees loss of passive knee extension when femur is held at 90 degrees of hip flexion.
1. Recent musculoskeletal impairments affecting the trunk and upper extremity i.e. fractures.
2. Individuals who are symptomatic to shoulder pain.
3. Any progressive demyelinating, degenerative disease conditions affecting the spinal cord.
4. Pressure sores (grade 3,4) in the region of sacrum, greater trochanter, heel of the foot.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Kinematic analysis of sitting pivot transfer using Kinovea softwareTimepoint: Single point in time at least 3 months post spinal injury rehabilitation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Duration of sitting pivot transfer in seconds. <br/ ><br>2. Muscle strength of upper limb using handheld dynamometerTimepoint: Single point in time at least 3 months post spinal injury rehabilitation