Exoskeleton-assisted Walking in SCI Inpatient Rehabilitation
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Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Inpatients
In brief
To assess how safe the exoskeleton, EksoGT, is to use for acute inpatient rehabilitation, if it helps people to walk better than with traditional walking training methods, or if they have any other effects (better or worse) on recovery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04013997
- Run by
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- People needed
- 10
- Starts
- 2017-08-11
- Expected to finish
- 2018-06-12
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 18 years or greater
- Height between 5'2" and 6'2" (1.6 meters to 1.9 meters)
- Weight less than 220 pounds (100 kilograms)
- Near Normal range of motion (ROM), as follows:
- Hip: 5 degrees of extension; 110 of flexion
- Knee: Full extension to 110 of flexion
- Ankle: at least 0 of dorsiflexion to 25 of plantarflexion
- Are eligible for locomotor training as part of inpatient rehabilitation
- Independent with static sitting balance
- Sufficient function upper extremity strength to manage walking aid (front-wheeled walker, platform walker, or crutches)
- Able to follow directions
You may not qualify if…
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular conditions (i.e. heart failure, angina, hypertension)
- Inability to stand upright due to orthostatic hypotension
- Body characteristics that do not fit within exoskeleton limits
- Upper leg length discrepancy > 0.5" or lower leg discrepancy >0.75"
- Skin integrity issues in areas that would contact the device or that would likely be made worse by device use
- Pregnancy
- Colostomy
- Non-English Speaking
- The participant is able to walk better with exoskeleton assistance at baseline
- Any other issue that might prevent safe standing or walking
Where it is running
- The Mount Sinai Hospital — New York, New York, United States
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