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Improve Dynamic Lateral Balance of Humans With SCI
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 18 to 65 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. age between 18 and 65 years; 2. medically stable with medical clearance to participate; 3. level of the SCI lesion between C4-T10; 4. passive range of motion of the legs within functional limits of ambulation; 5. ability to walk on a treadmill for more than 20 minutes with partial body weight support as needed and short sitting/standing breaks; 6. ability to ambulate without orthotics or with orthotics that do not cross the knee for more than 10 meters Exclusion Criteria: 1. the presence of unhealed decubiti, existing infection, severe cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, concomitant central or peripheral neurological injury (e.g. traumatic head injury or peripheral nerve damage in lower limbs); 2. history of recurrent fractures and/or known orthopedic injury to the lower extremities; 3. Botox injection within 6 months of starting the study, and current receiving physical therapy treatment; 4. have metallic implantation in the spinal region underneath where electrodes may be placed.
About the study
This study is to test whether pelvis perturbation training paired with transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) will be effective in improving dynamic balance and locomotor function in humans with SCI. One group will receive pelvis perturbation training paired with tsDCS, one group will receive pelvis perturbation training paired with sham, and one group will receive treadmill training only.
What is being tested
- robotic training (device)
- spinal cord electrical stimulation (device)
- treadmill (device)
Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Participants: 54 · Started: Nov 1, 2018
Contact the study team
- Weena Dee, PT · Phone: 312-2384824
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT02991248
Locations in the U.S.
| Illinois | Abilitylab, Chicago |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.