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A Telerehabilitation Program for SCI

NCT04977037 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-04-20

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Summary

This study evaluates a remotely supervised, home-based therapeutic program to improve upper-limb voluntary movement in adults with tetraplegia caused by incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI).

Conditions

  • Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

DEVICE

Active tDCS

Anodal tDCS will be placed over the primary motor cortex and delivered at 2mA for 20 minutes. Immediately after stimulation ceases, participants will continue with unilateral repetitive arm and finger exercises for 60 minutes. Exercise difficulty will gradually be increased and adjusted per participant's tolerance.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS

Anodal tDCS will be placed over the primary motor cortex and delivered at 2mA for 20 minutes. Immediately after stimulation ceases, participants will continue with unilateral repetitive arm and finger exercises for 60 minutes. Exercise difficulty will gradually be increased and adjusted per participant's tolerance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mission Connect a project of TIRR Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nuray Yozbatiran, PhD, PT · The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-02
Completion
2024-04-02
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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