Supported Treadmill Ambulation Training After Spinal Cord Injury

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury

• Registration Number: NCT00013338
• Lead Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, controlled trial to compare supported treadmill ambulation training (STAT) to conventional gait training for improving gait speed, gait endurance, gait efficiency and muscle function in SCI subjects injured more than six months prior to start of training. Each subject will receive twelve weeks of either CGT or STAT, given as 20 minutes of training within a one-hour period per day, five days per week. These subjects will be studied baseline, 4,8 and 12 weeks of training, and three months after the end of training with a battery of tests designed to evaluate the subjects' gait and muscle function.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2000-01
• Status Verified: 2001-01
• Study First Submitted: 2001-03-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2001-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2001-03-16
• Study Completion: 2002-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 2009-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

VAMC, Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States