The Effect of FES and Therapeutic Exercise on SCI Patients Skeletal Muscles, Sitting Balance, Posture and Quality of Life

Tartu University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments: Other: FES+TE; Other: REF-TE; Other: TE; Other: REF-FES+TE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03517787

Spinaal

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the current study is to evaluate the effect functional electrical stimulation and therapeutic exercise on traumatic spinal cord injured participants'skeletal muscle characteristics, sitting balance, lung function and quality of life.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Chronic spinal cord injury (12 months post injury) Injury in cervical region resulting in tetraparesis Able to sit on a custom made chair without support Does not have any contraindications for functional electrical stimulation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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5 participants in 4 patient groups

FES+TE

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receiving Functional electrical stimulation (FES) combined with therapeutic exercise (TE)

Treatment:

Other: FES+TE

TE

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants receiving only therapeutic exercise

Treatment:

Other: TE

REF-FES+TE

Other group

Description:

Healthy adults (reference group REF) that participate only in 1 session and receive FES and therapeutic exercise

Treatment:

Other: REF-FES+TE

REF-TE

Other group

Description:

Healthy adults that participate only in 1 session and receive only therapeutic exercise

Treatment:

Other: REF-TE