Long-term PAS in Rehabilitation After SCI

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments: Device: long-term paired associative stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03045744

ULD 8100014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators have recently shown in two pilot incomplete SCI patients that long-term paired associative stimulation is capable of restoring voluntary control over some paralyzed muscles and enhancing motor output in the weak muscles (1). In this study, the investigators will administer long-term paired associative stimulation to incomplete SCI patients in a long-term manner, keeping each patient in the study for as long as continuous improvement is observed.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• incomplete SCI

Exclusion criteria

• epilepsy
• metal inclusion in the head area
• pacemaker
• hearing device
• high intracranial pressure

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

incomplete SCI patients

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: long-term paired associative stimulation