Effect of Immersion Level on Respiratory Function of Spinal Cord Injury Patients During Balneotherapy (BALNEORESPI)

Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805

Status

Completed

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments

Other: Water immersion at xyphoid level

Other: Water immersion at cervical level

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01831414

2009-A00246-51

Details and patient eligibility

About

Balneotherapy is a physiotherapy technique which allows patients to work out in a weightless environment and which is often used in patients with spinal cord injury. In normal subjects, water immersion generates a reduction in lung volumes. The effects of water immersion on the respiratory function of spinal cord injury patient (who are liable to present a respiratory failure secondary to paralysis) are not well known. They could be deleterious (by majoring respiratory failure)or beneficial (by mimicking the effect of a corset and improving respiratory function). Therefore, we are planning to study the effect of different water immersion levels on the respiratory function of spinal cord injury patients.

Enrollment

15 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult Patient
complete tetraplegia from spinal cord injury
initial spinal cord injury at leat 3 months before study

Exclusion criteria

contra indication to a balneotherapy session (bed-sore, skin infection or irritation, urinary or fecal incontinency, tracheostomy, ongoing infection)
unstable respiratory state (patient free of respiratory infection or encumbrance)
refusal to participate to the protocol
pregnancy