Preventing Pneumonia and Other Respiratory Problems in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
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Official title
Prevention of Long-Term Respiratory Complications of Spinal Cord Injury: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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It is known that individuals with spinal cord injury are at increased risk for respiratory tract infections like pneumonia. Part of this risk is due to weakened chest and abdominal muscles that are vital to deep breathing and the ability to cough. The purpose of this study is to look at the effectiveness of two different treatments in preventing pneumonia and other respiratory problems in persons with SCI. This is a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of two different treatments. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups. They will not be told the details of the other intervention since this could influence or change their activities during the study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00448045
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 120 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Manual and mechanical assisted cough Behavioral
- Incentive spirometry Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2007
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2012
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2012
- Last update posted
- Jan 14, 2013
2007 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation | West Orange | New Jersey | 07052 | — |
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