Treadmill Training With Body Weight Support in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury

In brief

Body weight support (BWS) treadmill training uses an overhead harness to give partial support to patients walking on a treadmill. This study will determine whether BWS training is more effective than conventional rehabilitation therapy in improving walking ability in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00061295

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Starts

1999-03-01

Expected to finish

2004-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Fractures at or below T11
• Neoplastic, degenerative, or vascular disorders of the spine or spinal cord
• Significant orthopaedic conditions that would interfere with regular exercise or rehabilitation therapy
• Decubitus ulcer
• Advanced urinary tract infection
• Medical conditions that increase the probability of having a seizure in response to single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation

Where it is running

• Upstate Medical University — Miami, Florida, United States (enrolling)

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