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Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT02441179
Date of registration: 05/05/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Instituto de Rehabilitación Infantil Teletón Chile
Public title: Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Scientific title: Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training: a Potential Therapy for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 35
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02441179
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Chile
Contacts
Name:     Angela A Navarrete-Opazo, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Instituto de Rehabilitación Infantil Teletón
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients = 18 years-old from "Instituto Teletón Santiago" and "Hospital Clínico Mutual
de seguridad".

2. C5 to T12 spinal cord injury, classified as ISNCSCI grades C and D

3. Traumatic and non-traumatic, non-progressive lesions

4. Onset > 6 months

5. Ability to ambulate with or without assistive devices

6. Ability to follow verbal or visual commands

7. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Orthopedic injuries that are unstable

2. Osteoporosis with high risk of pathological fracture

3. Cutaneous lesions and/or pressure ulcers

4. Joint contractures

5. Cardiopulmonary diseases

6. Body weight exceeding 150 Kg



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spinal Cord Injuries
Intervention(s)
Other: Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
Other: Body weight-assisted treadmill training
Other: Sham Protocol
Primary Outcome(s)
Gait Speed With 10-Meter Walk Test [Time Frame: Change from baseline in gait speed five days after daily IH.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Gait Endurance With the 6-Minute Walk Test [Time Frame: Change from baseline in gait indurance five days after daily IH.]
Learning and Memory With the Complutense Verbal Learning Test (TAVEC) [Time Frame: Episodic verbal memory at week 4.]
Percentage of Subjects With Worsening Muscle Tone on the Ashworth Scale [Time Frame: Muscle tone at week 4.]
Percentage of Subjects With Worsening Pain Perception on the "The Visual Analog Test" [Time Frame: Pain perception at week 4]
Gait Speed With the Timed up and go Test [Time Frame: Change from baseline in gait speed five days after daily IH.]
Learning and Memory With the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) Test [Time Frame: Episodic visual memory at week 4.]
Secondary ID(s)
0027
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hospital Clinico Mutual de Seguridad
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 27/05/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02441179
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