Effectiveness of Vibration and Standing Versus Standing Alone for the Treatment of Osteoporosis for People With Spinal Cord Injury.

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury.; Osteoporosis.

Treatments: Device: vibration and passive standing versus passive standing alone

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00150683

ONBO-99135

Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find out if standing and/or standing with vibration works for the treatment of osteoporosis for people with a spinal cord injury.

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Traumatic spinal cord injury of greater than 12 months.
• Osteopenia or osteoporosis of the hip.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or lactating females.
• Nonunion lower extremity fracture within the last 6 months.
• Bilateral hip or knee flexion contractures.
• Bilateral lower extremity total hip or knee replacement.
• Heterotopic ossification of the hip or knee.
• Concurrent treatment with a bisphosphonate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)