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Treatment with ACD patients will be carried out through the application of aquatic therapies, being the Halliwick Concept and the Watsu Method together with a time of immersion in hot water.


Clinical Trial Description

The study consists of verifying the efficacy of physiotherapeutic treatment through the use of aquatic therapies, Watsu and Halliwick in subjects who have suffered Acquired Brain Injury (ACD), and who, after that, present spasticity. For this, the users of the Brain Injury Association of Cádiz (ADACCA) are taken as references. Brain damage is a brain injury, resulting in a series of functional and neurological alterations. The treatment of this pathology will be carried out through the application of aquatic teràpies, being the Halliwick Concept and the Watsu Method. This study consists of a clinical trial where the experimental group will be applied the combined treatment of Halliwick and Watsu together with a time of immersion in hot water, and to the control group the treatment by Halliwick plus immersion in hot water, in order to evaluate the degree of spasticity they present at the end of the study. ;


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NCT number NCT05151497
Study type Interventional
Source University of Cadiz
Contact Miriam García Blanco, Máster
Phone 956019000
Email miriamgblanco@hotmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 20, 2021
Completion date January 15, 2022

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