Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Immersion Level on Respiratory Function of Spinal Cord Injury Patients During Balneotherapy
Lead Sponsor:
Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fondation Garches
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Balneotherapy is a physiotherapy technique which allows patients to work out in a weightless environment and which is often used in patients with spinal cord injury. In normal subjects, water immersio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult Patient
- complete tetraplegia from spinal cord injury
- initial spinal cord injury at leat 3 months before study
Exclusion
- contra indication to a balneotherapy session (bed-sore, skin infection or irritation, urinary or fecal incontinency, tracheostomy, ongoing infection)
- unstable respiratory state (patient free of respiratory infection or encumbrance)
- refusal to participate to the protocol
- pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
15 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01831414
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2013
Last Update
May 6 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Hopital Raymond Poincare
Garches, Garches, France, 92380