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Powered Exoskeletons in Persons With SCI
NCT02658656 · VA Office of Research and Development · Updated 4 Nov 2024
- What is being tested
- ReWalk 6.0
- 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 and older. About 424 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States (15 sites)
- When
- Starts or started 1 Aug 2016, ends 30 Sept 2021. Registered 20 Jan 2016.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 6 June 2022.
In the researchers' words
Background Veterans with spinal cord injury (SCI) have many adverse secondary medical and quality of life (QOL) changes as a result of immobilization. Veterans with SCI who have completed rehabilitation after injury and are unable to ambulate receive a wheelchair as standard of care (SOC) for mobility. Powered exoskeletons are a technology that has recently become available as an alternate form of mobility by providing an external framework for support and computer controlled motorized hip and knee joints to assist with over ground ambulation.
Sites
- VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CALong Beach, California, United States
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CAPalo Alto, California, United States
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FLTampa, Florida, United States
- Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GAAugusta, Georgia, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MABoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MNMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- St. Louis VA Medical Center John Cochran Division, St. Louis, MOSt Louis, Missouri, United States
- New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, NMAlbuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NYThe Bronx, New York, United States
- Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OHCleveland, Ohio, United States
- VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TXDallas, Texas, United States
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TXHouston, Texas, United States
- South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio, TXSan Antonio, Texas, United States
- Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VARichmond, Virginia, United States
- Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WIMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States