The effect of a novel gait training technology on physical health and mobility.
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain InjurySpinal Cord InjuryLower Limb AmputationNeurological - Other neurological disordersInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidentsPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000414617
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of South Australia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 29
Participants will be eligible for inclusion if they are aged >18 years and have mobility impairments (defined as functional ambulation category of 0-4) following lower-limb amputation, brain or spinal cord injury.
Specific inclusion criteria for lower-limb amputees and people with spinal cord injury are: Amputees will be required to have a prosthesis (K-level 1 or 2, indicating a limited household, or limited community ambulator), people with spinal cord injury will be required to have an incomplete spinal cord injury and categorised as ASIA impairment scale C or D (i.e. some motor function preserved below the neurological level).
Exclusion criteria for all participants will be inability to follow two-step commands, travel to the treatment site, or pre-existing mobility impairments that are unrelated to the amputation, brain or spinal cord injury.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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