NCT04168164

Aquatic Therapy in Patients With Adquired Brain Injury.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Almeria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Acquired Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	aquatic therapy	The exercises of Ai Chi were performed in a specific order, until completion of the total possible movements.
OTHER	Dry land therapy	sessions including exercises for gait, trunk mobility and exercises involving the upper and lower limbs
OTHER	Combined therapy	alternate sessions of therapy on dry land and aquatic therapy with Ai Chi

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-07
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-09-30
• First posted: 2019-11-19
• Last updated: 2019-11-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain