The Effects Upon the Bladder of Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injury, Neurogenic Bladder
In brief
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effects upon the bladder of electric stimulation of the leg's tibial nerve in people with acute spinal cord injury with an intervention called transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02573402
- Run by
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- People needed
- 19
- Starts
- 2016-07-12
- Expected to finish
- 2017-10-27
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-09-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Enrollment within 6 weeks of injury
- Neurologic level rostral to T10 (T9 and above). This is a significant neurologic level because the bladder remains innervated at these levels, without damage to the nerve cell bodies of the bladder within the spinal cord.
- Location and transportation available for follow-up appointments
You may not qualify if…
- History of peripheral neuropathy or premorbid symptoms of peripheral neuropathy
- Known etiologies that may cause peripheral neuropathy (i.e. diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, autoimmune diseases, alcoholism, hx of chemotherapy, etc.)
- History of genitourinary diagnoses (i.e. prostate hypertrophy, overactive bladder, cancer, etc.)
- Pregnancy
- History of central nervous system disorder (i.e. prior SCI, stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's disease, MS, etc.)
- Morbid obesity
- Ventilator dependent respiration
- Significant autonomic dysreflexia during baseline urodynamic study.
Where it is running
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
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