Sit-to-stand in Spinal Cord Injury Patient

Khon Kaen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injuries, Spinal Cord

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02916784

571H104

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. Were there differences in functional ability between ambulatory individuals with SCI who passed and failed the independent sit-to-stand (iSTS) task?
2. Did the ability of iSTS relate to ability of walking as determined using a type of AAD used?
3. What were factors associated with the ability of iSTS?

Full description

• To evaluate the proportion and compare functional abilities between subjects who passed and failed the independent sit-to-stand (iSTS) task.
• To assess the relationship between ability of iSTS and types of AAD used.
• To investigate factors associated with the ability of iSTS.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ambulatory patients with iSCI from both non-traumatic and traumatic causes
• Aged at least 18 years
• Who are able to walk independently with or without AADs at least 15 meters continuously [FIM locomotor (FIM-L) scores = 5 to 7]

Exclusion criteria

• Any patients with conditions that might affect ambulatory ability; such as brain function disorders, visual deficits, musculoskeletal pain (VAS > 5), deformity of the musculoskeletal system, unable to follow a command of the tests, unstable medical conditions.

Trial design

69 participants in 2 patient groups

Sit-to-stand: Pass

Description:

The subjects seated on a standard armless chair with their back upright at 90 degrees against the backrest of the chair, feet placement on the floor with the heels at 10 cm behind the knees and their arms on their sides. Then they were instructed to stand up from the chair without using the arms. The ability was recorded as 'pass' if the subjects could safely rise from the chair without using their arms and with no more than contact guarding assist.

Sit-to-stand: Fail

Description:

The subjects seated on a standard armless chair with their back upright at 90 degrees against the backrest of the chair, feet placement on the floor with the heels at 10 cm behind the knees and their arms on their sides. Then they were instructed to stand up from the chair without using the arms. The ability was recorded as 'fail' if the subjects could not rise from the chair without using their arms and/or with more than contact guarding assist.