Status:
COMPLETED
Functional Electrical Stimulation During Cycling in People With Spinal Cord Injury
Lead Sponsor:
University of Southampton
Collaborating Sponsors:
University College, London
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Neuroscience research that has identified potential for recovery (neuroplasticity) following incomplete SCI has changed clinical practice away from compensation strategies towards optimizing recovery....
Detailed Description
Background: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) cycling can benefit health and may lead to neuroplastic changes following incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Our hypothesis is that greater neurop...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 1\. using a wheelchair for at least two hours per day
Exclusion
- cardiac pacemaker
- pressure sores or unresolved skin problems
- unhealed lower limb fractures
- pregnancy
- active heterotrophic ossification (lower limbs)
- severe osteoporosis
- complex regional pain syndrome
- metal implants near electrode sites
- lower limb malignancy
- T6 and below spinal malignancy
- uncontrolled autonomic dysreflexia
- history of knee dislocation/subluxation
- allergy to electrodes
- cognitive difficulties
- severe spasticity (Ashworth scale 4 or 5 in muscle groups that would prevent smooth pedalling) or
- neurological degenerative diseases.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 3 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03834324
Start Date
May 3 2013
End Date
March 1 2018
Last Update
October 8 2021
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