Early rehabilitation promoting motor recovery from spinal cord injury
- Conditions
- Traumatic and non-traumatic cervical and thoracic spinal cord injury.Nervous System Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN89333770
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Birmingham
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1. Aged =18 years
2. Cervical or upper thoracic sensory incomplete spinal cord injury (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale [AIS] Grade B, C, or D)
3. Had the injury within the past 2 months
4. Able to voluntarily move the elbow to operate the arm bike. Bandage or active grip can be used to help hold the pedals.
1. Ongoing issues with shoulder instability or shoulder pain
2. Unable to use the bike due to lack of muscle activity to activate the bike (e.g. American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale [AIS] Grade B or C at cervical level). This will be assessed on a case-by-case and discussion with the medical care team will be in place prior to study participation.
3. Contraindications to exercise in an upright posture (e.g. postural hypotension, ulcers)
4. Pregnant
5. Unable to understand what is involved in the study or cannot understand written or verbal English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Muscle activity of the key muscles during maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) measured by surface electromyography at baseline, 4 weeks, post-intervention, and 3 months after the intervention<br> 2. Motor impairment measured using the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) motor scores below the level of injury at baseline, 4 weeks, post-intervention, and 3 months after the intervention<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method