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Last refreshed on: 12 September 2022
Main ID:  NCT03343132
Date of registration: 09/10/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Zurich
Public title: Gait Adaptability: Tracking Locomotor Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Scientific title: Gait Adaptability: Tracking Locomotor Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Via Sensitive Assessments in a Virtual Reality Treadmill Environment
Date of first enrolment: January 1, 2018
Target sample size: 98
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03343132
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Informed Consent as documented by signature (Appendix Informed Consent Form)

- Healthy controls

- Patients with an incomplete spinal cord injury in a chronic (at least 12 months
post-injury) or subacute (3-6 months post-injury) stage of recovery

- Age: 18 years and older

- Able to stand without physical assistance and handrails for more than 120s

- preserved segmental and cutaneo-muscular reflexes in the lower limbs

- Bodyweight over 20 kg and under 120 kg

- Mini-Mental state examination score 26 (test only performed if cognitive deficits are
suspected)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current orthopedic problems

- Neurological impairment other than SCI

- Premorbid major depression or psychosis

- Metal implants in the cervical skull

- History of significant autonomic dysreflexia with treatment

- Dermatological issues (e.g. decubitus) at the harness attachment site (back, abdomen,
upper legs)

- Malignant diseases

- Heart insufficiency NYHA III-IV

- Potential pregnancy

- Unlikely to complete the intervention or return for follow-up

- Participation in another training study

- Contraindications for training using the GRAIL (according the manual)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Standard locomotor therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in kinematics [Time Frame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 4 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2017-01780
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Foundation Wings For Life
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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