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Effectiveness of NEUROM and tDCS for Motor Recovery in Chronic Paraplegia

NCT04790149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2026-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) is a catastrophic, unexpected, and devastating event that can occur along the spinal column (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar). Traditional views describe the spinal cord as a protected bundle of nerves connecting the brain to the body. TSCI often results in life-threatening conditions including varying degrees of motor paralysis, sensory loss, and impairment of bowel, bladder, sexual, and other physiologic functions.

In this study, the investigators propose a new experimental rehabilitative protocol for TSCI patients called the Neural Motor Recruitment Method (NEUROM). This method is based on histological and functional reorganization models following TSCI, Motor Imagery (MI) concepts, and targeted sensory inputs related to motor recovery. It is hypothesized that this new method can enhance sparing-induced plasticity and increase motor and sensory recovery in SCI patients, especially when combined with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

NEUROM + tDCS

NEUROM combined to tDCS

OTHER

NEUROM

protocol to induce motor recovery

OTHER

Conventional Rehabilitation

Motor Imagery Training combined with Active functional exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lebanese University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ahmad Rifai Sarraj, PhD · Lebanese University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-01
Primary Completion
2024-09-01
Completion
2024-10-01

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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