Clinical trial NCT06259643: Effects of Power Wheelchair Soccer for Individuals Presenting With Physical Impairments
Official title: Clinical and Psychosocial Impact of Power Wheelchair Soccer for Individuals Presenting With Physical Impairments
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neuromuscular Diseases
Cerebral Palsy
Lead sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-14
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study is a prospective interventional study. It will be conducted at a single center with participants who have neuromotor impairments. The primary objective is to assess and measure the clinical and psychosocial effects of a season of power wheelchair soccer among its participants presenting with severe motor impairments due to neuromuscular lesion.

A maximum of twenty participants will be recruited and included in the same group. Data collection will be performed before, during, and after the wheelchair soccer season. The study will span the entire season, starting in November 2023 and ending in June 2024.

Clinical and psychosocial assessments will be conducted every 3 months. Each assessment session will last 2 hours per participant. Before and after the wheelchair soccer season matches, we will evaluate parameters related to the physical load of the sport. These evaluations will last 10 minutes per participant.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a male or female between the ages of 12 and 50.
* Presenting with severe motor impairments due to neuromotor and/or musculoskeletal impairment.
* Using a power wheelchair in everyday life.
* Being part of a power wheelchair soccer team.
* Committing to participating in the 2023-2024 season of their sport within the team.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Practicing another adaptive sport outside of power wheelchair soccer in a regular way (once a week or more).
* Occasionally practicing power wheelchair soccer (twice a month or less).
* Presenting with severe cognitive impairments affecting understanding of instructions on how to answer questionnaires and undertake tests.
* Presenting with contraindications towards the practice of an adaptive sport such as power wheelchair soccer.

  * Participating in another study at baseline.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Balance
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Balance
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Balance
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Sensorimotor impairment
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Hyperactivity of the muscles
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Hyperactivity of the muscles
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Pain
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Skills to manage and move power wheelchair
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Social participation
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Autonomy during activities of daily life
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Strength of the upper-limbs
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Passive range of motion the upper-limbs
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Body temperature
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Blood oxygen saturation
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Heart beat rate
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Blood pressure
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
Other outcomes:
measure: Satisfaction with the power wheelchair soccer practices
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
measure: Demographic variables
timeFrame: Throughout the entire study (an average of 8 months)
Locations:
city: Brussels
country: Belgium
facility: Neuromusculoskeletal Lab
Study officials:
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