35
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2015
Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
Patients will breath 9% oxigen for 1.5 minutes interspersed with 1.5 minutes of 21% oxigen (normoxia), 15 times for a total of 45 minutes.
Body weight-assisted treadmill training
Patient´s gait will be trained through a weight-assisted treadmill (BWSTT). All recruited patients will start BWSTT at a speed of 0.6 km/hr. The physical therapist will manually correct posture to assure an adequate gait, increasing the speed of treadmill progressively depending upon the patient progress and tolerance. This training will be done immediately after the protocol of AIH or Sham and it will last 45 minutes.
Sham Protocol
It consists of continuous normoxia (FiO2=0.21) for 45 minutes for 5 consecutive days and then 3 times per week for 3 weeks. Total time: 4 weeks.
Hospital Mutual de Seguridad, Santiago
Instituto de Rehabilitación Infantil Teletón, Santiago
Hospital Clinico Mutual de Seguridad
OTHER
Sociedad Pro Ayuda del Niño Lisiado
OTHER