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iCycle II: Recovery of Function Through FES Cycling With VR Biofeedback in People With SCI.

NCT04902482 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2024-04-26

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Summary

The annual incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is estimated at 2,500 (35 per week) in the UK and, due to advances in research and clinical management, the majority now have incomplete injuries, with significant potential for neurological improvement. Discovering ways to provide intensive, but cost-effective SCI rehabilitation is therefore increasingly important.

The iCycle combines functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling with VR cycle-racing feedback, where winning correlates with voluntary effort, to promote recovery. The aim is to improve walking in people with incomplete injuries, fundamental to independence and quality of life as well as long-term health. More intensive rehabilitative training is associated with better outcomes: the iCycle has the potential to increase intensity of exercise without additional demands on therapists' time and therefore cost.

Following the encouraging results in an initial study; it is now important to find out whether recovery will continue at a similar rate if iCycle training continues beyond 4 weeks. Six volunteers with SCI will be recruited to participate in this 20 week, single-site open feasibility trial. The trial consists of an intervention phase lasting up to 12 weeks (3 iCycle sessions per week), and an 8-week follow-up phase. Outcome measures (ISNC-SCI motor scoring, Trunk Impairment scale, Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury, 6-minute walk test, Goal Attainment Scale and TMS) will be taken every 4 weeks. The 12-week intervention phase will be separated into three 4-week blocks; at the end of each block participants may decide whether or not they wish to continue training.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

DEVICE

iCycle Mark 3

The iCycle Mark 3 is a cycle ergometer, designed to be used by people with SCI while they are seated in their own wheelchairs. The purpose of iCycle is to stimulate the leg muscles in the correct phase for cycling while motivating the person with a Virtual Reality cycling event, perhaps a race, to try to use their muscles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southampton

    collaborator OTHER

  • University College, London

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-06
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2024-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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