15
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2014
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2015
Training sessions
A group with spinal cord injury will be trained in a 30-minute session 5 times weekly for 6 weeks. Each session will be supervised by qualified staff. Patients will undergo training with gradual increase in load and speed, according to the tolerance of each patient. The body weight support progression will start at 50 % of the patient body weight. It will be changed every 2 weeks and the load will decrease 10%. The progression of speed may be accompanied during the training period.
Lokomat system (Hocoma AG Switzerland)
For the robot locomotion therapy, the Lokomat system (Hocoma AG Switzerland) will be used.
Centro de Pesquisa Clínica do Instituto de Medicina Física e Reabilitação do HCFMUSP, São Paulo
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
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