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Stimulating Postural Control to Augment Rehabilitation After Cerebral Stroke (SPARC): a Pilot Trial

NCT06987682 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2026-03-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People living with stroke have a high risk of falling and this risk increases as mobility improves over the first year post-stroke. Despite the high number of falls, there is a lack of interventions to prevent falls after stroke. One possible solution is to alter nerve activity through delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation. The purpose of this study is to describe and compare clinical, biomechanical and nerve-related outcomes between individuals with stroke who receive RBT with tSCS and those who receive RBT with sham tSCS.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Balance training

Participants will don a safety harness that is secured to an overhead track. Each balance training session will involve 60 minutes of reactive balance training (RBT). For both intervention arms, trancutaneous spinal stimulation will be set up, including placing electrodes and setting stimulation amplitudes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-21
Primary Completion
2027-06-30
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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