100
Participants
Start Date
March 19, 2024
Primary Completion Date
October 1, 2028
Study Completion Date
October 1, 2031
Conventional High Intensity Gait Training
Participants during a training session will complete at least 30 minutes of treadmill walking at the target intensity. The participants will complete 18 training sessions.
Standard FES to the Tibialis Anterior (TA)
Participants during a training session will complete at least 30 minutes of treadmill walking at the target intensity while wearing a FES stimulator on the tibialis anterior muscle of their more affected leg. Stimulation will be triggered prior to swing phase to combat drop foot. The participants will complete 18 training sessions.
Synergy-Based Multichannel FES (MFES)
Participants during a training session will complete at least 30 minutes of treadmill walking at the target intensity while FES is applied to multiple muscles of the leg throughout the gait cycle based on the healthy muscle synergies. The goal will be to have the FES applied for at least 20 minutes of each gait training session. The participants will complete 18 training sessions.
Muscle Synergy Visual Biofeedback
Participants during a training session will complete at least 30 minutes of treadmill walking at the target intensity while receiving visual feedback of the similarity of their muscle synergies to healthy muscle synergies. They will be instructed to try to optimize the similarity score. The participants will complete 18 training sessions.
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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