Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Automated Locomotor Training in Patients With Acute Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Multicenter Trial
Lead Sponsor:
University of Zurich
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether longer locomotor training results in a mor favorable outcome in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.
Detailed Description
About half of patients who experience a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) have still motor and/or sensory function below the level of the lesion. A large proportion of these patients become ambulator...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) categorized according to the standard classification of the American Spinal Injury Association as ASIA B or C within the first two weeks after trauma
- traumatic etiology of SCI
- limited walking ability (Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury ≤5)
- able to start training or rehab within 60 days after trauma
- motor level between cervical 4 and thoracic 12
- signed informed consent
Exclusion
- exclusion criteria of the Lokomat:(bodyweight \> 130kg, body height \> 200cm, leg length diff \> 2cm, osteoporosis, instable fracture of lower extremity, restricted range of motion, decubitus ulcer of lower extremity)
- concomitant injury limiting walking ability (e.g. lower extremity fractures, instable spine fractures, Joint instability preventing weight-bearing, severe soft tissue lesion)
- pre-existing medical conditions interfering with unrestricted walking (e.g. total joint replacement, pain, osteoarthritis, polyneuropathy, cardiopulmonary disease)
- age older than 65 years or younger than 18 years
- conus medullaris or cauda equina syndrome
- traumatic brain injury
- passive range of motion of the hips, knees and ankles not sufficient to allow normal kinematics consistent with upright gait
- patient participates in other rehabilitation or pharmacological study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
21 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01147185
Start Date
February 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2016
Last Update
June 29 2016
Active Locations (4)
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1
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau
Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany, 82418
2
Institut Guttmann
Barcelona, Spain
3
Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos
Toledo, Spain
4
Balgrist University Hospital
Zurich, Switzerland, 8008