Functional Training Improves the Functional Capacity and Physical Fitness of People Whit Spinal Cord Injury

Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Exercise; Disability Physical

Treatments: Other: Functional Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06391658

54458021.8.0000.5235

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to understand the effect of adapted functional training on the physical fitness, functionality and quality of life of individuals with SCI after social distancing due to COVID-19. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Are the participants of the functional training program adapted for people with spinal cord injury show better results in functional capacity in post-test evaluations training period, when compared to your results in the functional training pré-period?
• Is adapted functional training capable of improving cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and body composition?
• Can the perception of quality of life be influenced by functional training?

Participants will be evaluated through questionnaires and field tests, such as:

• Functional Capacity (battery of motor tests related to functional independence and Motor Assessment Scale),
• Physical fitness (handgrip test; medicine ball throw; Illinois agility and 12-minute displacement) and Quality of Life (WHOQOL-DIS).

Full description

The spinal cord is an important component of the central nervous system, whose function is to transmit motor nerve impulses from the brain to other parts of the body, and to transmit sensory impulses from other systems of the body to the brain. Among adults living with SCI, studies show that participation in physical exercise programs, such as functional training, is associated with numerous health-related benefits, including improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, energy production, and muscle strength, reduced the risk of cardiometabolic diseases and osteoporosis, in addition to psychosocial and quality of life benefits. However, high rates of physical inactivity among people with SCI are still a reality and, therefore, a cause for medical and health concern. In the recent scenario, measures to prevent and contain COVID-19 further contributed to the increase in sedentary time and behavior among individuals with spinal cord injury. Considering that TF aims to enhance specific actions in activities of daily living, the hypothesis of the cohort study is that a positive effect will be observed on functional capacity, on elements of physical fitness of these individuals and on quality of life after 8 weeks of training functional. Participants will be recruited by convenience and will undergo assessments of body composition, functional capacity, physical fitness and quality of life pre and post eight weeks of functional training, three times a week.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women;
• Aged 18 or over
• Have had Spinal Cord Injury for at least two years
• Wheelchair users

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who had clinical or physical conditions that prevented them from carrying out the proposed tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

FT group

Experimental group

Description:

Functional Training group

Treatment:

Other: Functional Training