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FES Rowing for Skeletal Health After SCI

NCT02008149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2019-10-25

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Summary

Following a complete spinal cord injury (SCI), individuals experience progressive bone loss, especially in the legs, with up to 70% of persons with SCI sustaining a fracture at some point during their lifetime. Fractures following SCI are costly to treat and more than half of patients experience a medical complication, requiring extended hospitalization, resulting in a substantial impact on their quality of life. To reduce the incidence of fractures, more effective rehabilitation strategies to prevent bone loss are needed. The goal of this research is to determine if bone health can be preserved using an indoor rowing exercise program in which the leg muscles are electrically stimulated using several, small surface electrode pads that are placed on the skin on the front and back thigh muscles. An encouraging case study has recently shown remarkable bone preservation in one individual with SCI who participated in an electrical stimulation rowing program, however, whether other individuals with SCI can achieve the same benefit is currently unknown.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

OTHER

Rowing exercise

Individuals with SCI will use the rowing exerciser to see if there is a benefit to skeletal health in the lower limbs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Gary Beaupre, PhD · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-04
Completion
2018-12-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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