nderstanding the mechanisms of Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation in patients with a spinal cord injury

Phase 2

• Conditions: Spinal cord injury; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001126303
• Lead Sponsor: euroscience Research Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 16 February 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Otherwise healthy participants who have had a cervical spinal cord injury (i.e. tetraplegia) for >1 year.

Exclusion Criteria

Mechanical ventilator dependency
Pregnancy
Significant history of autonomic dysreflexia
No visual response to Abdominal FES, suggesting that lower motor neurons are not intact
Unstable chest or abdominal injury
Bulbar dysfunction
Recent respiratory complication
Unable to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified