MedTrace Logo

Exercise Testing During Treadmill Gait in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

NCT00204126 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2006-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Treadmill therapy has the potential to improve the physical fitness and voluntary function of incomplete-lesion spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. However, if it is to be offered as a rehabilitation strategy, evidence must be gathered to support its effectiveness. Present methods used to determine the efficacy of treadmill training do not provide accurate means of monitoring changes in physical fitness during the exercise, or to accurately measure the changes in voluntary muscle function which may occur during a training intervention.

We are therefore currently recruiting subjects for a study investigating the feasibility of new methods for monitoring improvements in physical fitness during walking on a treadmill. We also aim to develop methods for monitoring changes in voluntary muscle strength. The bone density of both legs will also be measured to determine if any improvement has occurred following training.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

DEVICE

Treadmill with partial body weight support

DEVICE

Surface Functional Electrical Stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Glasgow

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth J Hunt, BSc, PhD, DSc · University of Glasgow

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00204126 on ClinicalTrials.gov