Status:
UNKNOWN
Locomotor Training in Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. A Pilot Study
Lead Sponsor:
Rehab Basel
Conditions:
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background: In Switzerland, about 6000 individuals live with the consequences of a spinal cord injury (Brinkhof et al, 2016). One of the major goals after an incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) is to...
Detailed Description
Background and Rationale: The present study aims to add evidence for best practice in gait recovery interventions for individuals with incomplete SCI (iSCI). In contrast to post-stroke rehabilitation...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Incomplete paraplegia or quadriplegia and classification of C and D in the AIS Score from the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) (Kirshblum and Waring, 2014).
- The participants should be able to get from a sitting position to a standing position with the aid of an assistant and bars
- Participants need to have a stable cardiovascular condition, absence of known heart disease or a known heart disease classified as class I or II in the New York Heart Association Classification system (American College of Sports Medicine; Guidelines for exercise testing, 2014); medical history is verified by the medical doctor from the SCI ward the REHAB Basel.
- Sufficient compliance for the treatment action
- And have signed the informed consent for the present study
Exclusion
- The presence of any one of the following exclusion criteria will lead to exclusion of the participant
- Patients with an ASIA classification of A and B
- Patients who are unable to stand up from a chair with moderate or no personal assistance
- Patients diagnosed a high-grade osteoporosis
- Patients with severe lower limb movement restrictions (contractions or fractures)
- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse,
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the participant
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 24 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
36 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04052009
Start Date
September 24 2019
End Date
December 1 2020
Last Update
September 26 2019
Active Locations (1)
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REHAB Basel
Basel, Switzerland, 4055