Development of Low Cost Devices to Increase Access to Treadmill Training

Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial

Official title: Development of Low Cost Devices to Increase Access to Treadmill Training

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The goals of this Model System Program are to expand upon and advance the findings and outcomes of previous and current Model Systems clinical research, to continue to develop and study the effectiveness of innovative treatment strategies for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI); and to evaluate the benefits of a well-designed, comprehensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary continuum of care that lead to improved outcomes for all persons with SCI. In order to achieve these goals, the following objectives of the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS) model system grant proposal will be accomplished.

Clinical Trial Description

The investigators will develop and assess the use of spring-loaded devices to assist limb swing and forward propulsion during body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) (Aim 1). Prototype models of both devices have been developed.

These devices will be:

1. simple to use in the clinical setting;

2. will be easily adjustable to alter the assistance provided; and,

3. will be able to quantify the amount of assistance necessary to facilitate normal stepping patterns.

The investigators will also evaluate short- and long-term adaptations in locomotor performance following BWSTT in individuals with incomplete SCI with the use of these devices. This information will identify the effects of variable assistance at the limbs or trunk to modulate muscle activity and/or motor performance (kinematics) during stepping to maximize walking recovery. ;

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury

• NCT number: NCT02560506
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2008
• Completion date: September 2016