NCT03517787

The Effect of FES and Therapeutic Exercise on SCI Patients Skeletal Muscles, Sitting Balance, Posture and Quality of Life

The Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation and Therapeutic Exercise on Functional Properties of Skeletal Muscles, Sitting Postural Stability and Quality of Life in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tartu University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect functional electrical stimulation and therapeutic exercise on traumatic spinal cord injured participants'skeletal muscle characteristics, sitting balance, lung function and quality of life.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	FES+TE	Group receive FES+therapeutic exercise during 6 weeks (twice a week). Altogether 8 exercises are conducted, each done 3 sets and 12 repetitions during first three weeks and 4 sets during last three weeks of intervention).
OTHER	TE	Group perform only therapeutic exercise. Exercises are the same between all 4 groups.
OTHER	REF-FES+TE	Group perform FES+TE, but only participate in 1 session to collect reference data.
OTHER	REF-TE	Group perform only therapeutic exercise, but only participate in 1 session to collect reference data.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-03
• Primary completion: 2018-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2018-05-07
• Last updated: 2023-12-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Estonia