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fMRI In Spinal Cord Injury Patient After Rehabilitation

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Spinal Cord Injury
Interventions
Other: Treadmill gait training
Registration Number
NCT02074670
Lead Sponsor
University of Nove de Julho
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients after Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) associated with conventional motor rehabilitation. The investigators hypothesized that training with weight bearing associated with conventional motor rehabilitation will be able to reorganize the brain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
7
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with ASIA C or D and the ability to cooperate with instructions of the motor task required. The motor task was to perform ankle plantar flexion and toe flexion and fingers and thumbs movement of the both sides; they also had to be able to fulfill the general conditions necessary for an MRI exploration.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with uncontrollable spasticity-induced body movements were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treadmill gait trainingTreadmill gait trainingFive days a week, 40 sessions of Kinesiotherapy (passive and active mobilizations, muscle lengthening), Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training, bicycle, manual therapy (with and without assistance of a mechanical device) and daily life activities training.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cortical Motor Area1 month

Cortical Motor area in fMRI during motor task.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional Index1 month

Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli

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São Paulo, Brazil

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