AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis

Recruiting now

Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, Transverse Myelitis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

In brief

The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head or spinal cord injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04721717

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

160

Starts

2020-09-01

Expected to finish

2027-03-28

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older with paralysis living in the community
• limb paralysis resulting from a traumatic event/accident or neurological disease (e.g., spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Transverse myelitis, poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, and Guillain-Barré syndrome etc) happened after childhood
• a non-traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by arthritis, cancer, inflammation, infections or disk degeneration of the spine
• caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• able to communicate verbally or through writing

You may not qualify if…

• known maladaptive behavioral patterns, exhibition of overt psychotic symptoms (e.g., presence of hallucinations, delusions, or thought disorders)
• congenital (e.g., spinal bifida, cerebral palsy)

Where it is running

• 354 School of Health Professions Building — Birmingham, Alabama, United States (enrolling)

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