Dual-task Obstacle Crossing Training in Ambulatory Subjects With Spinal Cord Injury
Injuries, Spinal Cord
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Injuries, Spinal Cord focused on measuring Spinal cord injury, dual-task obstacle crossing
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- independent ambulatory subjects with
- traumatic causes or non-progressive diseases
- sub-acute and chronic stage of injury (at least 3 month after injury)
- body mass index (BMI) between 18.5-29.9 kg/m2
- walk independently for at least 17 meters with or without assistive devices (Functional Independence Measure Locomotor (FIM-L) scores 5-7)
- able to read Thai
Exclusion Criteria:
- pain in the musculoskeletal system with a pain scale more than 5 out of 10 on a the visual analog scale (VAS)
- deformity in the joints that affect ambulatory ability
- unable to understand the commands and tests used in the study
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Dual-task obstacle crossing training
Single-task obstacle crossing training
The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are instructed to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device. During walk over obstacles, subjects asked to perform simultaneously with a color word stroop task which requires subjects to see and answer the color of the name of a color words in the monitor (ignore the meaning) as quickly as possible, and loudly.
The four obstacles in the sizes of 4cm wide, 8cm wide, 4cm high, and 8cm high are randomly placed along a 10-meter walkway in 2-meter intervals. Subjects are asked to walk continuously over obstacles at their comfortable speed, as good as they can without contact the obstacles by their leg or device.