Sensory Motor Training on Foot Weight Distribution in Patients With Foot Burn

Shaimaa Mohamed Ahmed Elsayeh

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Postural Stability; Burn

Treatments: Other: Sensory motor training; Other: Traditional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06632223

P.T.REC/012/005257

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effect sensory motor training on foot weight distribution and postural stability in patients with foot burn.

Full description

Pain, contractures, scars, altered sensations, muscle weakness, and postural balance impairment are potential complications of foot burn that negatively influence a person's ability to function normally and correlate with gait abnormalities like reduced step height and length, along with slower gait speed. These gait disturbances pose significant challenges for burn patients, affecting their mobility and overall quality of life. So, this study aims to understanding how sensory motor training can improve balance, gait, and overall functional mobility is essential for guiding the development of evidence-based rehabilitation protocols tailored to the unique needs of this population.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients will suffer from foot "planter surface" second degree thermal burn (Partial thickness).
• Patients who have undergone skin grafting and those who have not undergone skin grafting are both eligible for inclusion in the study.
• Patients will begin the training program after complete wound healing.
• Patients will be given their informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had an open wound at or near treatment site.
• Patients who had chemical or electrical burn.
• Patients with specific conditions such as musculoskeletal impairments impacting independent walking (e.g., strokes, severe arthritis).
• Uncontrolled cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases.
• Patients with neurological, psychiatric illness, severe behavior or cognitive disorders.
• Metabolic or vascular disease with a neurological component such as diabetes.
• Patients with hearing problems, individuals with otitis media, and patients experiencing nystagmus and visual problems.
• Malignant conditions.
• Uncooperative patients.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Sensory-motor training group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will include 35 patients with foot burns. Patients will receive sensorimotor training exercise in addition to a traditional physical therapy program in the form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scar management. Exercises will be applied for 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional physical therapy

Other: Sensory motor training

Traditional physical therapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will include 35 patients with foot burns. Patients will receive the traditional physical therapy program only in the form of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scar management. Exercises will be applied for 3 times a week for 8 consecutive weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional physical therapy