Dual-task Obstacle Crossing Training in Ambulatory Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Injuries, Spinal Cord
• Interventions: Other: Dual-task obstacle crossing training; Other: Single-task obstacle crossing training

• Registration Number: NCT02917590
• Lead Sponsor: Khon Kaen University

Brief Summary

Is dual-task obstacle crossing training more efficiently than single-task obstacle crossing training on the improvement of walking ability, balance ability, and lower extremity muscle strength in ambulatory subjects with spinal cord injury

Detailed Description

To compare immediate effects of dual-task and single-task obstacle crossing training in ambulatory subjects with spinal cord injury

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-10
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-26
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-28
• Primary Completion: 2017-02
• Study Completion: 2017-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7

Inclusion Criteria

• independent ambulatory subjects with
• traumatic causes or non-progressive diseases
• sub-acute and chronic stage of injury (at least 3 month after injury)
• body mass index (BMI) between 18.5-29.9 kg/m2
• walk independently for at least 17 meters with or without assistive devices (Functional Independence Measure Locomotor (FIM-L) scores 5-7)
• able to read Thai

Exclusion Criteria

• pain in the musculoskeletal system with a pain scale more than 5 out of 10 on a the visual analog scale (VAS)
• deformity in the joints that affect ambulatory ability
• unable to understand the commands and tests used in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dual-task obstacle crossing training	Dual-task obstacle crossing training	The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are instructed to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device. During walk over obstacles, subjects asked to perform simultaneously with a color word stroop task which requires subjects to see and answer the color of the name of a color words in the monitor (ignore the meaning) as quickly as possible, and loudly.
Single-task obstacle crossing training	Single-task obstacle crossing training	The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are asked to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
10MWT (Single-task)	1 day	Walking speed in single-task condition

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
10MWT (Dual-task)	1 day	Walking speed in dual-task condition
TUGT	1 day	Balance ability
FTSST	1 day	Lower extremity muscle strength