Effect of Robotic-Assisted Locomotor Training and Conventional Gait Training on Movement Pattern of Hip and Knee Joints in Subjects with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Iinjury

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• Conditions: Paraplegia and tetraplegia.; congenital cerebral palsy

• Registration Number: IRCT201206071722N5
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of edical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with traumatic motor incomplete SCI with a neurologic lesion level of L1 or higher with at least one year after lesion; No Dependency on ventilator; Not currently enrolled in physical therapy or other training regimens; Male or Female between 16-55 yrs. old ;No clinically significant sign, impairment or disease including: cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, orthostatic hypotension, bladder and kidney disease, unhealed decubiti, pressure sore or bed sore, fracture and contracture. Decreased level of consciousness for more than 24 hours after trauma; No history of truamatic barin injury, contracture, hetropic ossification, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis; Score of Modefied Ashworth Scale in lower limb was 3 or less; Completing informed consent; Lokomat group were within the physical size of the Lokomat (ie, greater trochanter to lateral epicondyle 35 cm- 47 cm; pelvis width 50 cm, thigh circumference measured 14 cm above the knee axis 57 cm, and body weight 150 kg)
Exclusion criteria: Any reaso that interfere with the continuation of treatment or withdrawal by patient ;No complete sessions of treatment in the current study

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spasticity. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Ashworth Scale.;American Spinal Injury Association(ASIA). Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: ASIA Form.;Function. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: WISCI II, FAM Questionneare.;Cadence. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: observation.;Speed of walking. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: treadmill.;Kinematic gait parameters. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Lokomat system.