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Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation for Children and Youth With Spina Bifida
Led by Mayo Clinic · Updated on 2025-10-14
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
255 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
A study to use transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to characterize sensorimotor deficits in a pediatric population of individuals with spina bifida.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation for Children and Youth With Spina Bifida
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Congenital diagnosis of myelomeningocele (MMC)
- Able to follow verbal commands or instructions
- If female and able to become pregnant, must be willing to use medically-acceptable contraception during study participation
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe cognitive deficits preventing communication
- Open, gaping, or unhealed wounds at electrode placement sites
- Unhealed fractures on load-bearing bones
- History of osteoporosis
- Presence of implanted electronic devices at stimulation location (e.g., pacemaker, deep brain stimulator, baclofen pump)
- Pregnancy
- Epilepsy or history of seizures
- Ongoing infections that are symptomatic or under treatment
- Any condition that may impair compliance, safety, or data validity as judged by the research team
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
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Research Team
J
Julie Block
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
2
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