Treadmill Training With Body Weight Support in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT00061295 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2005-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Body weight support (BWS) treadmill training uses an overhead harness to give partial support to patients walking on a treadmill. This study will determine whether BWS training is more effective than conventional rehabilitation therapy in improving walking ability in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI).

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Body weight support treadmill training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Blair M. Calancie · University of Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-03-31
Completion
2004-02-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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