The purpose of this current prospective study is to assess the effects of body weight support treadmill training (BWSTT) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Training intervention aim at improving: quality of life, walking capability, spasticity, functions in every day life, bone mass density and related hematological factors. The examination consisted of (1) neurological classification by ASIA standard neurological classification of spinal cord injury working sheet, (2) spasticity evaluation of lower limbs by Modified Ashworth Scale, (3) walking independence evaluation by Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury II (WISCI II), (4) patient's quality of life perspective by World Health Quality of Life- BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), (5) the functional status by 10-item Modified Barthel Index, (6) bone mass density (BMD) by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan, (7) body tissue consistency by full body DXA scan, (8) skeletal system health associated blood factors (calcitonin, osteocalcin, 25 OH vitamin D, 1,25- (OH)2 vitamin D, ostase and parathyroid hormone) by hematological tests. The results will be collected and evaluated using statistical software (i.e. SPSS).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
26
University Hospital of Ioannina
Ioannina, Greece
WISCI II
Change of walking independence at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
ASIA standard neurological classification for spinal cord injury patients working sheet
Change of neurological impairment status at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
Modified Ashworth scale
Change of spasticity of leg muscles at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
WHOQOL-BREF
Change of patients' perspective of life quality at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
10-item Modified Barthel Index
Change of function at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
DXA scan
Change of BMD of hip and spine at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
Full Body DXA scan
Change of body tissue consistency at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
Hematological analysis
Change of blood's calcitonin, osteocalcin, 25 OH vitamin D, 1,25- (OH)2 vitamin D, ostase and parathyroid hormone concentrations at six weeks
Time frame: At the time of Admittance to the rehabilitation department (at baseline) and after six weeks
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