Aquatic Therapy in Patients With Adquired Brain Injury.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Acquired Brain Injury
• Interventions: Other: aquatic therapy; Other: Dry land therapy; Other: Combined therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04168164
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Almeria

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the relative effectiveness of three different treatment groups for improvements of postural control and for improvements of balance in these patients using aquatic therapy.

Detailed Description

Forty-five patients diagnosed with acquired brain injury, with over one year's evolution and independent gait over a distance of 10 meters, with our without the use of an orthopedic aid, were selected and randomized in 3 groups. Dry land therapy group (DT group), which received sessions including exercises for gait, trunk mobility and exercises involving the upper and lower limbs; Experimental group (EG group) , which received Ai Chi aquatic therapy; Combined group (DT+EG group), which received alternate sessions of therapy on dry land and aquatic therapy with Ai Chi.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-06-01
• Study Completion: 2018-09-30
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-19
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• a diagnosis of acquired brain injury traumatic or non-traumatic, with over one year's evolution
• the ability to walk independently over a distance of more than 10 meters, with or without an orthopedic aid
• scores on the Mini- Mental State Examination > 24

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Exclusion Criteria

• cardiovascular and/or respiratory problems, a previous history of neurological pathologiesand the presence of coadjuvants to the acquired brain injury

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ai Chi	Dry land therapy	Ai Chi aquatic therapy Dry land therapy
Ai Chi	aquatic therapy	Ai Chi aquatic therapy Dry land therapy
Ai Chi	Combined therapy	Ai Chi aquatic therapy Dry land therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Five Times Sit-to-Stand test	6 months	The participants were seated with their arms crossed and they were asked to stand up and sit down five times as fast as possible
Berg Balance Scale	6 months	The test consists of sitting, getting up, maintaining the standing position and changing positions, with a total of 14 items. The total possible score is 56 points, The scores on the Berg balance scale were classified as follows: high risk of falls (0-20), moderate risk (21-40) and low risk (\> 41) with higher scores indicating that the person has better balance.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sagrario; 🇪🇸 Almería, Spain