Retraining Walking After Spinal Cord Injury
Status unconfirmed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Quadriplegia, Paraplegia, Central Cord Syndrome, Brown-Sequard Syndrome
In brief
Incomplete spinal cord injury often results in difficulty walking. Training on a treadmill with body weight support may improve walking ability after spinal cord injury. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of treadmill speed on spinal cord function and walking performance.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00059553
- Run by
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- People needed
- 16
- Starts
- 2000-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2009-06-18
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- First time spinal cord injury (SCI) from trauma, vascular, or orthopedic pathology at cervical or thoracic levels
- Category C or D SCI as defined by the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale
- 1 to 3 years post-SCI
- Ability to walk independently a minimum of 40 feet with or without an assistive device
- Currently spending a minimum of 30 minutes per day walking
- No change in anti-spasticity medication during the study
- Medically stable
- Participant's personal physician must verify the participant's medical status
You may not qualify if…
- Bladder infection, decubiti, osteoporosis, cardiopulmonary disease, pain, or other significant medical complications that would prohibit or interfere with training and testing of walking function or alter compliance with a training protocol
- Currently participating in a rehabilitation program or another research protocol that could interfere or influence the outcome measures of the current study
- Congenital SCI (e.g., Chiari malformation, myelomeningocele, intraspinal neoplasm, Frederich's ataxia)
- Other degenerative spinal disorders (e.g., spinocerebellar degeneration, syringomyelia) that may complicate the treatment or evaluation procedures
Where it is running
- University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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