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Spinal Cord Stimulation

Noninvasive spinal stimulation with gait training for Stroke

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Recruiting

Led By Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD

Research Sponsored by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up session 1 (baseline test, initial visit), midpoint, post intervention, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up

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Study Summary

This trial will test if a non-invasive spinal cord stimulator can help improve gait and balance for people with hemiplegia caused by stroke.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ session 1 (baseline test, initial visit), midpoint, post intervention, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~session 1 (baseline test, initial visit), midpoint, post intervention, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and session 1 (baseline test, initial visit), midpoint, post intervention, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Gait Symmetry

Secondary outcome measures

4. Locomotion assessment for intra limb coordination using electromyography (EMG) on GaitRite

Change Static in Balance

Change corticospinal excitability

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Other outcome measures

Change in Dynamic Balance

Change in Gait Symmetry on Treadmill

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation with Gait TrainingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

May receive up to 50 min of locomotion training with transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. However, the amount of time spent in side-lying locomotion training, treadmill training and overground training will depend on individual tolerance and progression.

Group II: Healthy Control GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participant in the Healthy Control Group will participate in up to 3 assessment sessions in order to obtain comparative data for Spinal Motor Evoked Potentials (MEPs), lower extremity MVC's, sidelying EMG data and overground EMG data

Group III: Conventional Gait TrainingActive Control1 Intervention

May receive up to 50 min of locomotion training without transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation. However, the amount of time spent in side-lying locomotion training, treadmill training and overground training will depend on individual tolerance and progression.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Shirley Ryan AbilityLabLead Sponsor

192 Previous Clinical Trials

14,795 Total Patients Enrolled

69 Trials studying Stroke

6,255 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

University of California, Los AngelesOTHER

1,528 Previous Clinical Trials

10,276,761 Total Patients Enrolled

34 Trials studying Stroke

6,280 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhDPrincipal Investigator - Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

22 Previous Clinical Trials

2,812 Total Patients Enrolled

9 Trials studying Stroke

1,462 Patients Enrolled for Stroke

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is there currently an opportunity to join this research endeavor?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research is currently in search of study volunteers. The trial was initially posted on August 17th 2018 and the details were most recently amended on August 31st 2020."

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To what extent is this medical study being conducted, in terms of the quantity of participants?

"Affirmative, the information on clinicaltrials.gov provides evidence that this medical trial is actively recruiting participants. It was initially posted in August 2018 and has been updated as recently as August 2020; 90 individuals are needed to complete the study at one particular site."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation in Stroke

Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD 2018. "Noninvasive Spinal Stimulation in Stroke". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03714282.