Dual-task Obstacle Crossing Training in Ambulatory Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT02917590 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: PHD/0128/2556
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 7
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Is dual-task obstacle crossing training more efficiently than single-task obstacle crossing training on the improvement of walking ability, balance ability, and lower extremity muscle strength in ambulatory subjects with spinal cord injury

Conditions

Injuries, Spinal Cord

Keywords

Spinal cord injury; dual-task obstacle crossing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 10MWT (Single-task)

  Walking speed in single-task condition

  1 day

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• 10MWT (Dual-task)

  1 day

• TUGT

  1 day

• FTSST

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

Dual-task obstacle crossing training

EXPERIMENTAL

The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are instructed to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device. During walk over obstacles, subjects asked to perform simultaneously with a color word stroop task which requires subjects to see and answer the color of the name of a color words in the monitor (ignore the meaning) as quickly as possible, and loudly.

Other: Dual-task obstacle crossing training

Single-task obstacle crossing training

SHAM COMPARATOR

The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are asked to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device.

Other: Single-task obstacle crossing training

Interventions

Dual-task obstacle crossing training OTHER

Obstacle crossing simultaneously a color word stroop task training

Dual-task obstacle crossing training

Single-task obstacle crossing training OTHER

Obstacle crossing training

Single-task obstacle crossing training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• independent ambulatory subjects with
• traumatic causes or non-progressive diseases
• sub-acute and chronic stage of injury (at least 3 month after injury)
• body mass index (BMI) between 18.5-29.9 kg/m2
• walk independently for at least 17 meters with or without assistive devices (Functional Independence Measure Locomotor (FIM-L) scores 5-7)
• able to read Thai

You may not qualify if:

• pain in the musculoskeletal system with a pain scale more than 5 out of 10 on a the visual analog scale (VAS)
• deformity in the joints that affect ambulatory ability
• unable to understand the commands and tests used in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Khon Kaen University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Spinal Cord Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Trauma, Nervous System; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Sugalya Amatachaya, PhD

  School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assoc. Prof. Dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2016
• First Posted: September 28, 2016
• Study Start: October 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2017
• Study Completion: July 1, 2017
• Last Updated: September 28, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share