Electrical stimulation-eccentric muscle strength training in people with spinal cord injury

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: spinal cord injury; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Neurological - Other neurological disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001598875
• Lead Sponsor: Vanesa Bochkezanian

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-11-22
• Study Completion: 2023-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 22 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2

Inclusion Criteria

age 18-65 years; SCI longer than 6 months that led to complete or incomplete paraplegia or tetraplegia; level of injury between C2 and L5; AIS (American Spinal Cord Injury Association Impairment Scale) A, B, C or D; have medical permission to enrol in an intensive exercise program; and able to attend consistently two times per week for 6 weeks in addition to committing to baseline and follow up testings at CQUniversity North Rockhampton, QLD, Australia laboratory located on Building 81.

Exclusion Criteria

Acute phase of injury (less than 6 months from injury); ventilator dependent, other associated neurological disease; and complications such as severe urinary infection, pressure ulcers, previous lower-limb fractures or any other health condition that may constrain the participation in an exercise program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified