Study About Acting of Adaptive Sport in Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular System and the Quality of Life of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Through Biomedical Instrumentation (Adaptive sport)

Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Adaptive Sport in Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Other: adapted canoeing, hadbike and conventional physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02177929

CAAE: 18353613.0.0000.5503

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis is to the fulfillment of canoeing, handbike and conventional physiotherapy activities the groups could show improvement in muscle strength of the arms, decreased resistance of the lower limbs (spasticity), improved trunk balance and movements of the upper limbs, improves cardiovascular function, bone health, and consequently improve the quality of life.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 15-40 years
• of both sexes
• with injury time over 8 months, who present spasticity in the lower limbs up to grade 2 according to the scale of Ashwoth modified patient with paraplegia or paraparesis in thoracolumbar level (lower than T2) levels.

Exclusion criteria

• age over 40 years

• lesion less than 8 months

• above T2 lesions

• musculoskeletal disorders such as deformity

• severe contracture

• previously diagnosed cardiovascular abnormalities or risk factors such as hypertension

• diabetes and obesity, use of medications and cardiopressant cardioestimuladoras, smoking and alcoholics.

• For individuals who participate in the group canoeing and by adapting the pool will still include the following exclusion criteria:

  • decubitus ulcers
  • fungal infections
  • urinary incontinence
  • inflammatory processes and neoplasms.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

adapted canoeing, handbike, conventional physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals are divided into three groups: one group adapted canoeing, one group of handbike and one grup of conventional physiotherapy.

Treatment:

Other: adapted canoeing, hadbike and conventional physiotherapy