NCT05151497

Effectiveness of Aquatic Theraphy in Spasticity: Watsu and Halliwick

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Cadiz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Treatment with ACD patients will be carried out through the application of aquatic therapies, being the Halliwick Concept and the Watsu Method together with a time of immersion in hot water.

Detailed description

The study consists of verifying the efficacy of physiotherapeutic treatment through the use of aquatic therapies, Watsu and Halliwick in subjects who have suffered Acquired Brain Injury (ACD), and who, after that, present spasticity. For this, the users of the Brain Injury Association of Cádiz (ADACCA) are taken as references. Brain damage is a brain injury, resulting in a series of functional and neurological alterations. The treatment of this pathology will be carried out through the application of aquatic teràpies, being the Halliwick Concept and the Watsu Method. This study consists of a clinical trial where the experimental group will be applied the combined treatment of Halliwick and Watsu together with a time of immersion in hot water, and to the control group the treatment by Halliwick plus immersion in hot water, in order to evaluate the degree of spasticity they present at the end of the study.

Conditions

• Brain-injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental group:Halliwick + Método Watsu	Carrying out the Ten Points Program through the Halliwick Concept, together with the Watsu Method through a series of relaxation maneuvers and mobilization of the body in float, and an immersion time of 15 minutes without doing physical activity in a pool at a temperature of 30ºC , to decrease spasticity of various muscles.
OTHER	Control group:Halliwick	Exclusive use of treatment through the Halliwick Concept Ten Point Program, along with immersion in hot water to reduce spasticity in various muscles.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-20
• Primary completion: 2021-12-27
• Completion: 2022-01-15
• First posted: 2021-12-09
• Last updated: 2021-12-14

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Spain