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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12621000197831
ACTRN12621000197831
Completed
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Electrical stimulation combined with strength training to increase the strength of very weak muscles in people with recent spinal cord injury. A randomised controlled trial

orthern Sydney Local Health District (Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital), John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research0 sites60 target enrollmentFebruary 25, 2021

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Partial paralysis
Sponsor
orthern Sydney Local Health District (Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital), John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research
Enrollment
60
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 25, 2021
End Date
June 12, 2023
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
orthern Sydney Local Health District (Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital), John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • A person will be eligible to participate if they:
  • 1\.have a recent complete or incomplete SCI (as defined by the International Standards for Neurological classification of SCI) that was sustained less than six months prior
  • 2\.have partial paralysis in a major muscle group on one side of the body (i.e., elbow flexors or extensors, wrist flexors or extensors, knee flexors or extensors, ankle dorsiflexors or plantarflexors)
  • 3\.have less than grade 3 on the 13 point manual muscle scale (that is they are unable to move through full range against gravity)
  • 4\.are an inpatient of one of the participating SCI units and are likely to remain there for the duration of their involvement in the trial (i.e., approximately 9 weeks) or are being discharged home to the local area surrounding the hospital
  • 5\.are aged 18 years or over at the time of consent
  • 6\.are willing to participate in the trial
  • 7\.are free of any other type of neurological condition or injury

Exclusion Criteria

  • A person is excluded from participation if they:
  • 1\.have any condition preventing testing or training of the target muscle
  • 2\.are not able to evoke a strong electrically stimulated contraction with the training parameters
  • 3\.have paralysis in the target muscle
  • 4\.are unable to co\-operate (e.g. a serious medical condition, cognitive impairment, drug dependency, psychiatric illness, and behavioural problem)
  • 5\.do not speak the national language sufficiently well to provide informed consent

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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