Status:
UNKNOWN
rTMS and Body Weight-support Treadmill Training After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to verify the efficacy of body weight-support treadmill training combined with high-frequency rTMS in improving the sensory-motor function of adult patients with chronic incom...
Detailed Description
A randomized, sham-controlled, double-blinded and parallel group trial (12 therapeutic sessions). Active or sham rTMS will be combined with body weight-support treadmill training to verify the improve...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Presented clinical diagnostic of incomplete thoraco-lumbar spinal cord injury, provided by a neurologist (below the T1 level).
- Duration injury of at least 8 months.
- Presented degree of C or D according to the ASIA Impairment Scale (AIS) scale of the American Spinal Cord Injury Association.
- Patients who are not community walkers.
Exclusion
- Pregnant women;
- Pacemaker;
- Historic of seizures;
- Metallic implants in the head;
- Patients with clinical evidence of brain injuries;
- Patients with neurological and / or orthopedic pathologies that have repercussion on a gait and the disadvantages
- Use of neuroleptic medications.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 30 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 31 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03394560
Start Date
January 30 2018
End Date
January 31 2019
Last Update
January 9 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Applied Neuroscience Laboratory
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 50670-900