fMRI In Spinal Cord Injury Patient After Rehabilitation

University of Nove de Julho

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury

Treatments: Other: Treadmill gait training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02074670

PL003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential reorganization in the sensorimotor cortex in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients after Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) associated with conventional motor rehabilitation. The investigators hypothesized that training with weight bearing associated with conventional motor rehabilitation will be able to reorganize the brain.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with ASIA C or D and the ability to cooperate with instructions of the motor task required. The motor task was to perform ankle plantar flexion and toe flexion and fingers and thumbs movement of the both sides; they also had to be able to fulfill the general conditions necessary for an MRI exploration.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with uncontrollable spasticity-induced body movements were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Treadmill gait training

Experimental group

Description:

Five days a week, 40 sessions of Kinesiotherapy (passive and active mobilizations, muscle lengthening), Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training, bicycle, manual therapy (with and without assistance of a mechanical device) and daily life activities training.

Treatment:

Other: Treadmill gait training