Actively Recruiting
Self-balancing Personal Exoskeleton for SCI (Site 2)
Led by Wandercraft · Updated on 2026-02-02
24
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
60 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
W
Wandercraft
Lead Sponsor
K
Kessler Foundation
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the personal exoskeleton in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Self-balancing Personal Exoskeleton for SCI (Site 2)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Any gender, age 18 years or older
- Motor complete or incomplete spinal cord injury with lesions at or above T6
- At least 6 months post spinal cord injury
- Able and willing to attend 9 to 10 visits including training and assessments lasting 1 to 3 hours each
- Able to read, understand, and provide informed consent
- Living in the US and speaks English
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of neurological injury other than spinal cord injury
- Progressive condition expected to change neurological status
- Severe medical illness or condition contraindicated by study physician
- Unhealed or unstable traumatic or high impact lower extremity fracture
- Knee bone mineral density less than 0.60 gm/cm2
- Total hip bone mineral density T-scores less than -3.5
- Fragility, minimal trauma, or low impact fracture of the lower extremity since spinal cord injury
- Untreatable severe spasticity contraindicated by study physician
- Untreated or uncontrolled hypertension contraindicated by study physician
- Unresolved orthostatic hypotension contraindicated by study physician
- Open or unhealed skin pressure sores, abrasions, or bruises at exoskeleton contact points
- Morphological contraindications to device use
- Uncorrectable leg length discrepancy over 2 cm with correction tools
- Inability to operate the device hand-control interface due to functional or cognitive impairment
- Improper fitting in the device
- Psychopathology conflicting with study objectives
- Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant during the study
- Participation in another interventional trial
- History of uncontrolled autonomic dysreflexia
- Presence of colostomy and/or urostomy
- Ventilator use at time of exoskeleton use
- Insufficient strength or performance capability for training tasks or transfers
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Leighann Martinez, Research Manager
CONTACT
M
Michelle Agostini, Doctorate of Physical Therapy
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
1
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