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Transspinal Stimulation Plus Locomotor Training for SCI
NCT04807764 · City University of New York · Updated 18 Aug 2026
- What is being tested
- Standing transspinal stimulation followed by robotic gait training; Lying transspinal stimulation followed by robotic gait training; Standing sham transspinal stimulation followed by robotic gait training
- For
- Spinal Cord Injuries; Paraplegia, Spinal; Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis; Paraplegia, Spastic
- 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 14 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States (2 sites)
- When
- Starts or started 1 Aug 2021, ends 31 Dec 2024. Registered 19 March 2021.
- Results
- Posted on the registry on 18 Aug 2026.
In the researchers' words
Locomotor training is often used with the aim to improve corticospinal function and walking ability in individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. Excitingly, the benefits of locomotor training may be augmented by noninvasive electrical stimulation of the spinal cord and enhance motor recovery at SCI. This study will compare the effects of priming locomotor training with high-frequency noninvasive thoracolumbar spinal stimulation. In people with motor-incomplete SCI, a series of clinical and electrical tests of brain and spinal cord function will be performed before and after 40 sessions of locomotor training where spinal stimulation is delivered immediately before either lying down or during standing.
Sites
- Department of Physical Therapy, Motor Control and NeuroRecovery LaboratoryStaten Island, New York, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical CenterThe Bronx, New York, United States