NCT02316067

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Effects of Corporal Suspension and Pendulum Exercises

Effect of Corporal Suspension and Pendulum Exercises on Torque, Muscle Activation, Muscle Thickness and Functionality in Patients With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Marco Aurélio Vaz, PhD · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an exercise program proposed by the CHORDATA® Method on the functionality, maximal isometric torque, muscle activity and muscle thickness of trunk muscles in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. The hypothesis is that the CHORDATA® Method could reduce the deleterious effects of the traumatic spinal cord injury.

Detailed description

Participants were allocated into one of two groups (rehabilitation or control). Rehabilitation group (8 weeks of rehabilitation; CHORDATA® Method) Control group (patients with up to three years of traumatic spinal cord injury): Participants maintained their daily-life activities routine during the same eight weeks period and were tested before and after this control period. At the end of the control period, patients interested at participating on the training program were included in the intervention group

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabilitation	The CHORDATA® Method (16 sessions; 50 minutes each; twice a week) consisted of three exercises: (1) anterior pendulum, with the patient seated on a chair, upper limb suspended by springs and straps, and actively moving the trunk forward; (2) posterior pendulum exercise, on a similar position as exercise (1) but now moving the trunk backwards and recruiting the abdominal wall muscles during a posterior pelvic tilt motion; and (3) stand-up and sit-down exercise, patient with knees fixed anteriorly, initiating the standing-up movement by pulling back and down the springs, trying to maintain the standing position for as long as possible, balancing the trunk and transferring the supporting force from the upper limbs to the lower limbs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2014-12-12
• Last updated: 2014-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil