The Effect of Abdominal Functional Electrical Stimulation on Blood Pressure Control in Spinal Cord Injury

Not Applicable

Conditions: spinal cord injury
tetraplegia
paralysis
Neurological - Other neurological disorders
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

Registration Number: ACTRN12621000086864

Lead Sponsor: euroscience Research Australia

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot yet recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

• Greater than 6 weeks post-injury.
• Spinal injury to C1- T5 with an American Spinal Injuries Association Impairment Scale of A-C
• Tilt table naive
• Abdominal FES naive
• Seated systolic blood pressure of < 100 mmHg.

Exclusion Criteria

• Greater than 26 weeks post injury
• Mechanical ventilation dependency
• American Spinal Injuries Association Impairment Scale D or E (Patients have near normal function and have low risk of hypotension).
• Progressive neurological disease or chronic respiratory disease.
• Physical obstacles that stop the ability to perform Abdominal FES (e.g. pregnancy, abdominal trauma, pacemaker)
• No response to FES
• Current use of blood pressure medication Feeding tube
• Colostomy

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Immediate change in systolic blood pressure with abdominal electrical stimulation during a Head-up tilt (HUT) orthostatic tilt measured using a Finopress blood pressure measurement system[Before and after 2 weeks of Abdominal FES training];Immediate change in systolic blood pressure without abdominal electrical stimulation during a Head-up tilt (HUT) orthostatic tilt measured using a Finopress blood pressure measurement system[Before and after 2 weeks of Abdominal FES training]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method