Participation-related attainment through therapies and assistive devices in patients with mobility-restricting paralytic syndromes

• Conditions: Paraplegia, Hemiplegia, Parkinson disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00020487
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg Klinik für Paraplegiologie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-18
• Study Completion: 2023-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 175

Inclusion Criteria

1) Patients with paraplegia, stroke or Parkinson disease at the end of inpatient rehabilitation
2) Age between 18-85
3) Limitation of walking ability/mobility (Score = 4 at item 8 of mRMI)
4) At least mobile, at study start, with wheelchair (also an electric wheelchair)
5) Able to understand and follow the study procedures (use of tablet, WLAN access at least once a week guaranteed)
6) Patient is able to consent
7) Signed informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

1) Severe psychiatric diseases (e.g. Schizophrenia, ongoing suicidal tendencies)
2) Depending on a respirator
3) For repeated stroke pre-existing limitation of the ability to walk/mobility
4) No capability to move independently at study start (bedridden: mRS = 5)
5) All physical and mental limitations which prevent the implementation of the study procedure significantly
6) Severe cognitive deficits (where applicable: minimental state examination = 23, e.g. 3x lack of orientation)

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1) Structural recording of the quality of therapy and wheelchair supply and care results depending on patient factors, especially with regard to participation orientation<br>2) Objective measurement of mobility parameters (walking distance and/ or wheelchair distance) in daily life by using activity tracking.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1) Recording of mobility-related therapies and assistive devices<br>2) The individual supply network of patients with a focus on the ambulatory physiotherapy<br>3) Identification of effective therapy and assistive devices<br>4) Identification of the need for coordination of measures