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NCT Number: NCT02074670

fMRI In Spinal Cord Injury Patient After Rehabilitation

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients after Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) associated with conventional motor rehabilitation. The investigators hypothesized that training with weight bearing associated with conventional motor rehabilitation will be able to reorganize the brain.

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Key information

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Spinal Cord Diseases Spinal Cord Injuries Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries

Age range

15 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli

São Paulo, 02020000, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with ASIA C or D and the ability to cooperate with instructions of the motor task required. The motor task was to perform ankle plantar flexion and toe flexion and fingers and thumbs movement of the both sides; they also had to be able to fulfill the general conditions necessary for an MRI exploration.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with uncontrollable spasticity-induced body movements were excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

Treadmill Gait Training

Other

Five days a week, 40 sessions of Kinesiotherapy (passive and active mobilizations, muscle lengthening), Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training, bicycle, manual therapy (with and without assistance of a mechanical device) and daily life activities training.

Primary outcomes

  1. Cortical Motor Area

    Time frame: 1 month

    Cortical Motor area in fMRI during motor task.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Functional Index

    Time frame: 1 month

    Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Nove de Julho

Other

Collaborators

  • Universidade do Vale do Paraíba
  • University of Barcelona

Registry information

Official study title

FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (fMRI) OF THE SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENT AFTER INTENSIVE REHABILITATION INCLUDING ROBOTIC DEVICES

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2008
First posted
Feb 28, 2014
Registry last updated
Feb 28, 2014

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