Walking Adaptability Post-Spinal Cord Injury

Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial

Official title: Adaptive Walking Responses Critical for Effective Community Ambulation Post-Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is: (1) to establish assessment techniques (in our laboratory) to identify the functional integrity of long spinal tracts associated with adaptive walking recovery post-spinal cord injury and (2) to preliminary investigate locomotor outcomes associated with an adaptive locomotor training approach post-spinal cord injury.

Clinical Trial Description

Eligible individuals without spinal cord injury that are enrolled in the study will participate for 1-2 days. These individuals may undergo a variety of non-invasive neurophysiological tests which evaluate spinal reflexes and integrity of specific spinal pathways. In addition, their movement may be assessed during walking on a treadmill and overground in a variety of different conditions (e.g. with mirrors, without mirrors, with obstacles, without obstacles).

Eligible individuals with spinal cord injury that are enrolled in the study will undergo the same testing as described above for the healthy controls. In addition, a small subset of these individuals may receive locomotor training (3 weeks of basic locomotor training followed by 3 weeks of adaptive locomotor training, separated by a 3 week washout period). For the individuals receiving locomotor training, they will be tested before and after each 3 week training session. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brown Sequard Syndrome
• Brown-Sequard Syndrome
• Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Cord Injuries

• NCT number: NCT01851629
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Florida
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2013
• Completion date: February 2015