NCT01479777

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Driven Stepping in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

FES Driven Stepping in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The research is being done to find out if Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) stepping can improve the function of people with spinal cord injury that paralyzes.

Detailed description

Muscles to cause the weakened or paralyzed muscles to contract and produce a stepping motion of the legs. The FES stepping in this study will be done through a device called the RT600 FES Stepper (RT600).

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	FES Stepping (RT600 from Restorative Therapies, INC.)	You will be transferred to the RT600 device and secured in a support harness. We will place your legs onto the RT600 device and secure them with straps. Electrodes (pads that stick to the skin) will be placed on your skin on your legs, buttock, stomach, and back. The pads will be connected to a stimulator box through a wire. We will then start the stepping motor and stimulate your muscles with electric current. This will cause your legs to step. You will do this for 1 hour.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-04-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2011-11-24
• Last updated: 2014-09-15
• Results posted: 2014-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States