NCT06116227

Whole-Body Vibration Training On Thermal Burn Injury In Pediatrics

Efficacy of Whole-Body Vibration Training on Thermal Burn Injury in Paediatrics: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

60 Patients with partial and full thickness thermal burns of the lower limb and trunk will be indiscriminately assigned to study group Group A(Study group): 30 patients received whole body vibration training on a vibration platform 12-15 minutes, 5 times per week, plus traditional physical therapy exercise program in the form of 60 minutes supervised exercise program for 8 weeks. Group B (control group):30 patients will receive a traditional physical therapy program. The program consists of 60 minutes of supervised stretching exercise to all involved joints followed by strengthening for affected muscles for 8 weeks.

Detailed description

The sample of participants will be chosen from the pediatric burn population by random generator and allocated randomly into two groups by permuted block randomization. Group (A): 30 patients received whole body vibration training on a vibration platform, the frequency, amplitude, and duration utilized in this investigation will be as follows: frequency: 30-40 Hz, 2-4 mm of peak-to-peak vertical plate displacement, and exercise durations ranging from 12-15 minutes. Participants will perform 2 vibration exercises 5 times per week for 8 weeks. The first vibration exercise, a warm-up and familiarization set, will consist of sitting in a chair with both legs on the platform and performing one repetition, which will last 3 minutes. At the completion of the 3-minute warm-up set, participants will perform 3 sets of 3-minute semi-squats on the vibration platform. Vibration exercise time will be increased by 30 seconds each week, with 3 minutes of rest being given between repetitions. The participants will be barefooted and wear similar cotton socks for each vibration session. Maintaining an upright body position, stand on their forefoot with their heels off the ground and the knee joints flexed at an angle of 10u. Their head and eyes were forward and distributed their weight equally on both feet with a foot-to-foot distance of 42 cm. Plus traditional physical therapy exercise programs in 60-minute supervised exercise programs. Group (B): 30 patients will receive a traditional physical therapy program. The program consists of 60 minutes of supervised stretching exercise to all involved joints followed by strengthening for affected muscles for 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Burns

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Whole Body Vibration Training Plus Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise Program.	Patients in the study group will receive the traditional physical therapy program first, followed immediately by whole-body vibration training on the vibration platform (Power Plate International, Irvine, California, USA) at the same visit. The vibration frequency will be 30 Hz and the amplitude will be from 4 to 7 mm, with an increase of 1mm every two weeks. The WBV program was three sessions a week for eight weeks. WBV duration starts with 10 min in the 1st week and up to 25 min in the 8th week, with a regular increase of five minutes after every two successive weeks.
OTHER	Conventional Physical Therapy Exercise Program.	The program will include 60 minutes of a supervised and individualized exercise program, including stretching exercises for the Calf and hamstring muscles, followed by strengthening exercises for hip, knee, ankle, and foot muscles, and scar management techniques to avoid scar or contracture formation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-30
• Primary completion: 2024-07-30
• Completion: 2024-08-15
• First posted: 2023-11-03
• Last updated: 2024-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt