Foundational Ingredients of Robotic Gait Training for People With Spinal Cord Injury During Inpatient Therapy

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Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries

In brief

The FIRST project compares the dose of robotic gait training (RGT) with usual care gait training for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) undergoing rehabilitation at Baylor Scott \& White Institute for Rehabilitation (BSWIR).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04781621

Run by

Baylor Research Institute

People needed

115

Starts

2021-04-12

Expected to finish

2024-03-08

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-05

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 16 - 85 Years of Age
• All types of incomplete Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) (traumatic and non-traumatic)
• Acute/Subacute phase of recovery
• Medically stable as deemed by physician
• Undergoing medical care and inpatient rehabilitation at BSW
• Both genders and all races and ethnicities
• Meet the Ekso robotic exoskeleton frame limitations
• Continence of or a program for bladder and bowel management

You may not qualify if…

• Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Degenerative diagnoses
• Wound located in proximity to the exoskeleton frame
• Severe osteoporosis/-penia as shown with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
• Pre-morbid developmental disability, significant psychological diagnosis, or other cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation — Dallas, Texas, United States

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