Automated Chest Physiotherapy to Improve Outcomes in Neuro

Completed

Conditions studied: Brain Injury, Intracranial Hypertension

In brief

Following current standard-of-care, subjects data (brain pressure) will be recorded for 1 hour and include 10-minutes of data during which the subject recieves chest physiotherapy (CPT). The hypothesis is that CPT is not harmful to brain pressure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00571623

Run by

Duke University

People needed

40

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• documented episode of elevated ICP ICP monitoring in situ neurological/neurosurgical diagnosis currently on a specialy bed

You may not qualify if…

• spinal cord injury such that CPT is not desired

Where it is running

• Mission Hospital — Mission Viejo, California, United States
• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• WakeMed Hospital — Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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