Electrical Stimulation of Denervated Muscles After Spinal Cord Injury

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Device: Electrical Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT02080039

2012-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the following hypotheses will be tested:

Electrical stimulation of the gluteal muscle (buttocks) leads to

1. an increase in the thickness of the gluteal muscle
2. a decrease in the thickness of the fat of the buttock area
3. a change in the distribution of the middle and maximal seating pressure to a more consistent pressure
4. an increase in well-being of the patients.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Duration of palsy: minimum two years after traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury
• Level of lesion: T 10 to L 5, AIS A, classified by the American Spinal Injury Association (AISA)

Exclusion criteria

• Acute decubitus in the stimulated area
• Arteriosclerosis
• Less than three months after flap surgery or after decubitus in the stimulated area
• Infections or skin eczema in the stimulated area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Electrical Stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Electrical Stimulation