Lateral Cord Stimulation as a New Treatment for Refractory Spastic Cerebral Palsy

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Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy, Spasticity

In brief

The aim of our work is to investigate whether electrical Lateral Cord Stimulation (LCS) causes an inhibitory and modulatory action by indirect cerebellar activation, so releasing spasticity and the spastic syndrome in selected cases of patients with cerebral palsy

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02199015

Run by

Juan Carlos M. Andreani MD

People needed

40

Starts

2027-06-01

Expected to finish

2030-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-28

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged sixteen or older
• Spastic Cerebral Palsy with stable condition
• Motor disability unilateral or predominantly unilateral.
• Troubles of speech clinically evident.
• Normal or Slightly sub-normal I.Q
• No psychiatric disorders.

You may not qualify if…

• Severe cardiac or respiratory troubles
• Fixed abnormal postures (except if previously corrected by orthopedic surgery)
• Chronic recurrent bronchial or pulmonary infections
• Chronic recurrent urinary infections
• Severe osteoporosis on affected limbs
• Chronic skin ulcerations.

Where it is running

• Provincial Program of Neuromodulation — La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Klinikummagdeburg — Magdeburg, Germany

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