Early and intensive motor training to enhance neurological recovery and function in people with spinal cord injury
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury10041543
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON49919
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sydney, Australia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 16
People will be eligible to participate if they:
1. have sustained a traumatic or non-traumatic SCI below C4 (neurological
level) in the preceding 8 weeks.
2. have an AIS A lesion with motor function more than three levels below the
motor level (on one or both sides), or an AIS C or AIS D lesion (as defined by
the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of SCI).
3. are male or female, over the age of 16 years at the time of signing informed
consent
4. have been cleared by the medical team to commence rehabilitation (as
documented in the participant*s medical files).
5. are likely to remain an inpatient for the next 10 weeks.
6. understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form prior to any study
related assessments/procedures being conducted.
7. are willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other
protocol requirements.
People will be eligible to participate if they:
1. have sustained a traumatic or non-traumatic SCI below C4 (neurological
level) in the preceding 8 weeks.
2. have an AIS A lesion with motor function more than three levels below the
motor level (on one or both sides), or an AIS C or AIS D lesion (as defined by
the International Standards for the Neurological Classification of SCI).
3. are male or female, over the age of 16 years at the time of signing informed
consent (additional consent from a parent or guardian will be attained for
those aged under 18 years).
4. have been cleared by the medical team to commence rehabilitation (as
documented in the participant*s medical files).
5. are likely to remain an inpatient for the next 10 weeks.
6. understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form prior to any study
related assessments/procedures being conducted.
7. are willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other
protocol requirements.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Total Motor Score (/100 points) 10 weeks after randomisation</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Neurological status, Spinal Cord Independence Measure - SCIM-SR), ability to<br /><br>walk (WISCI), quality of life, participants* perceptions about ability to<br /><br>perform self-selected goals, participants* impressions of therapeutic benefit<br /><br>and time to discharge.</p><br>