Stimulation to Enhance Walking Post-SCI

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

8

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 1, 2019

Primary Completion Date

September 2, 2021

Study Completion Date

September 5, 2022

Conditions
SCI - Spinal Cord InjuryIncomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Interventions
DEVICE

Soterix Medical tsDCS stimulator

tsDCS will be delivered to the lumbar region of the spinal cord with electrodes placed over the low back and abdomen. The electrodes will be secured with a large elastic bandage so that stimulation can be applied for up to 30 minutes during locomotor training with a harness attached to the ceiling for safety. A physical therapist will supervise the session.

OTHER

Locomotor training

Participants will complete 16 sessions of locomotor training (4 times per week for 4 weeks). This involves walking on a treadmill for up to 30 minutes with a harness attached to the ceiling for safety, followed by 10 minutes of overground walking training; with physical assistance as needed.

Trial Locations (1)

32216

Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, Jacksonville

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

collaborator

Brooks Rehabilitation

OTHER

lead

University of Florida

OTHER

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