Walking Adaptability Post-Spinal Cord Injury

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Conditions studied: Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, Brown Sequard Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is: (1) to establish assessment techniques (in our laboratory) to identify the functional integrity of long spinal tracts associated with adaptive walking recovery post-spinal cord injury and (2) to preliminary investigate locomotor outcomes associated with an adaptive locomotor training approach post-spinal cord injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01851629

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

7

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2015-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older
• no neurologic injury (for individuals without SCI)
• >12 mos post-incomplete SCI (iSCI), discharged from in- and out-patient rehabilitation, with diagnosis of first time motor iSCI (AIS C or D with upper motor neuron lesions at cervical or thoracic levels) (for individuals with SCI)
• medically stable condition with no changes in anti-spasticity meds
• ability to walk in the home and/or ambulate in the community using a single cane or crutch, bilateral canes or crutches, or no device
• walking speeds > 0.3 m/sec, with deficit performance on the Dynamic Gait Index
• medically approved for participation

You may not qualify if…

• current participation in another rehabilitation program/research protocol
• history of congenital SCI or other degenerative spinal disorders
• inappropriate or unsafe fit of the harness and/or joint contractures or severe spasticity that would prohibit the safe provision of training
• receipt of a therapeutic intervention or medication within the last 6 mos that would alter the nervous system's ability to respond to treatment (e.g. Botox injections)
• unable to safely receive transcranial magnetic stimulation due to positive history which prohibits its use

Where it is running

• University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcom Randall VAMC — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Brooks Rehabilitation — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• James A. Haley VA Medical Center — Tampa, Florida, United States

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