Physical Therapy Wound Care Modalities in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

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Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Pressure Injuries

In brief

To examine the effects of Physical Therapist (PT) wound care modalities (pulsed wound irrigation (PWI) + electrical stimulation (ES), PWI only, and ES only) on wound healing in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05458947

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

40

Starts

2022-10-11

Expected to finish

2026-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Currently enrolled at inpatient rehabilitation at Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte
• Diagnosis of spinal cord injury and concomitant pressure injury to sacrum or ischium
• Agreeable to wound care treatment by Physical Therapist (PT)
• Able to perform informed consent
• Over 18 years of age
• Physician order for PT wound care evaluation and treatment
• Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) >31 on initial evaluation

You may not qualify if…

• Pain which limits ability to tolerate wound care treatments
• Unable to perform informed consent
• Pregnancy
• Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) <30 on initial evaluation

Where it is running

• Carolinas Rehabilitation — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)

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