Inflammatory Myelopathies Clinical Trial
Official title:
CNS Growth Factors Release and Changes in the Inflammatory Environment in Response to Electrical Stimulation in Subjects With Inflammatory Myelopathies
This research is being done to see how different amounts of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) affect cycling on factors in blood and spinal cord in people with spinal cord inflammation.
FES cycling is a method of applying low level electrical currents to the leg and buttock
muscles to cause the weakened or paralyzed muscles to contract and produce a cycling motion
of the legs. The FES cycling in this study will be done through a device called the RT300-SL
Cycle Ergometer (RT300).
Although this device has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by
individuals with neurological disorders, we are trying to find out the best way to use it in
order to obtain the greatest results.
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