CompletedNo phase
Effect of Core Stability Training on Trunk Control and Sitting Balance in Patients With Paraplegia
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 46 people enrolled
- Started
- 30 Nov 2025
- Ended
- 29 Mar 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- selected conventional physical therapy program
- conventional physical therapy program in addition to Core Stability Training.
- Record updated
- 8 June 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 25 years to 35 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients with traumatic incomplete SCI
- Neurological level between T6 and T12 according to ASIA classification
- Age from 25 to 35 years
- Ability to maintain unsupported sitting
- Medically stable condition
- Adequate cognitive ability to follow instructions
- Duration of injury more than six months
- Moderate trunk impairment (TIS score 8-14)
- BMI less than 30 kg/m
Who cannot take part
- other neurological disorders affecting balance
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions
- Orthopedic disorders affecting trunk control or sitting balance
- Active lumbar or pelvic pressure sores
- Severe spasticity interfering with sitting balance
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study aims to investigate the effect of core stability training on trunk control and sitting balance in patients with paraplegia resulting from incomplete spinal cord injury.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Control GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants received selected conventional physical therapy program.
Treatment: selected conventional physical therapy program
- Study GroupTreatment being tested
Participants received the same selected conventional physical therapy program in addition to Core Stability Training.
Treatment: selected conventional physical therapy program and conventional physical therapy program in addition to Core Stability Training.
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of Core Stability Training on Trunk Control and Sitting Balance in Patients With Paraplegia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Record updated
- 8 June 2026