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Restoring Walking With a Powered Exoskeleton After Spinal Cord Injury
NCT02322125 · University of Alberta · Updated 14 Oct 2021
- What is being tested
- ReWalk
- For
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 18 years to 70 years. About 12 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- Canada
- When
- Starts or started June 2014, ends 26 Sept 2018. Registered 22 Dec 2014.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 14 Oct 2021.
In the researchers' words
Powered exoskeletons have emerged recently, promising to offer walking to individuals with severe spinal cord injury who are unable to walk. We will use the ReWalk exoskeleton to train walking in individuals with chronic, severe spinal cord injury (SCI). We will determine the characteristics of individuals who most benefit from such training, and identify the neuroplasticity induced by the training. We will further determine the feasibility of the ReWalk for home and community ambulation.
Sites
- University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta, Canada