Status:
RECRUITING
AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Conditions:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Multiple Sclerosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head ...
Detailed Description
Because of the inability to move certain parts of the body, persons with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, traumatic head injury, and stroke experience grief from...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 or older with paralysis living in the community
- limb paralysis resulting from a traumatic event/accident or neurological disease (e.g., spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Transverse myelitis, poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, and Guillain-Barré syndrome etc) happened after childhood
- a non-traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by arthritis, cancer, inflammation, infections or disk degeneration of the spine
- caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- able to communicate verbally or through writing
Exclusion
- known maladaptive behavioral patterns, exhibition of overt psychotic symptoms (e.g., presence of hallucinations, delusions, or thought disorders)
- congenital (e.g., spinal bifida, cerebral palsy)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2020
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 28 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04721717
Start Date
September 1 2020
End Date
March 28 2027
Last Update
August 8 2025
Active Locations (1)
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354 School of Health Professions Building
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294