Clinical trials: Acute Spinal Paralysis
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Combined Therapeutic Air Mixture and Electrical Stimulation to Improve Breathing and Hand Function in Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether people with paralysis due to a spinal cord injury can benefit from breathing short intermittent bouts of air with low oxygen (O2) combined with slightly higher levels of…
- Trial name
- AIHH+tSCS (NCT06101199)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Spinal Cord Injuries
Postprandial Lipid Tracer and Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury
This study investigates the effect of upper extremity exercise on postprandial lipemia (PPL) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- PPLT (NCT03691532)
- Testing
- Seated control (CON), Arm cycle exercise (ACE), Liquid meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Paraplegia, Spinal, Myelomeningocele
Brain Function and White Matter Changes in Congenital, Acute and Chronic Spinal Cord Lesions
The purpose of this study is to use functional MRI (fMRI) and magnetic resonance (MR) diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate brain activation and white matter changes in patients with congenital (birth defect of the spinal…
- Trial name
- NCT01208584
- Testing
- fMRI, DTI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland