Clinical trials: SCI - Spinal Cord Injury
Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Human Plasticity in the Human System
The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiology associated with plasticity of the motor system. Plasticity refers to the process by which neighboring brain cells assume the responsibilities of damaged or diseased brain…
- Conditions
- Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident, Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00001661
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Spinal Cord Injury
Improving Motor Function After Spinal Cord Injury
The goals of this study are to examine the physiology of Central Nervous System pathways contributing to the control of upper and lower extremity movements after SCI, and to promote the recovery of extremity movements by using…
- Trial name
- NCT01915095
- Testing
- rTMS, Training, Motor Task
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Wheelchair Users
Impact of Pushrim Activated Power Assist Wheelchairs on Mobility Among People With Tetraplegia
The purpose of this three phase study is to evaluate a Pushrim Activated Power Assist Wheelchair (PAPAW). Phase I will examine whether the steady-state, metabolic energy efficiency for propelling a manual wheelchair with and…
- Trial name
- NCT00281463
- Testing
- Pushrim Activated Power Assist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Spinal Cord Injury
Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular (CVD) Risk in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Factors In Individuals With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
This study will look at dietary patterns in individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries and the relationship between these dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
- Trial name
- SCIDS (NCT01025609)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Spinal Cord Injury
The Relationship Between Irisin and Bone Health in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury
This study will examine the relationship between circulating irisin and bone health individuals with spinal cord injury. Additionally, this study seeks to examine the influence of muscle fiber type on circulating irisin and…
- Trial name
- IBSCI (NCT05319522)
- Testing
- Acute Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries, Cardiovascular Diseases
Role of Endothelial Function in SCI CVD Risk
Individuals with spinal cord injury have heart attacks and strokes more frequently, and much earlier in life. People with spinal cord injuries develop plaque in vessels much faster, and the reasons why are unclear.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Cardiovascular Diseases, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06443151
- Testing
- Brachial intra-arterial infusion of vasoactive and antioxidant drugs (acetylcholine, nitroprusside, ascorbic acid), venous occlusion plethysmography, Acetylcholine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Craig Hospital
Spinal Cord Injury
Investigating Kinematic and Electromyographic Changes After SCI and Their Relation to Clinical and Functional Outcome
The study aims at discerning specific gait patterns and elucidating locomotor control of spinal cord injured patients in order to find sensitive kinematic and electromyographic outcome measures that are able to reveal information…
- Trial name
- NCT02150629
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor
Gait Adaptability: Tracking Locomotor Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Adaptive gait assessements will be evaluated as a potential new marker for tracking locomotor recovery throughout rehabilitation of spinal cord injury subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT03343132
- Testing
- Standard locomotor therapy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Paraplegia
High-intensity Interval Training and Mixed Meal Responses in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
Persons with chronic paraplegia at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes compared to the able-bodied population.
- Trial name
- NCT04011137
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Spinal Cord Injuries
Lower Extremity Outcome Measures in SCI
Lower extremity (LE) function of patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI) will be assessed in an observational project with a cross-sectional and a longitudinal study design.
- Trial name
- NCT04032314
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Cervical Spinal Cord Plasticity
Cervical Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity
Associative plasticity has been used to promote functional recovery from conditions affecting movement. Prior work from the Carmel laboratory has shown that paired associative stimulation protocols timed to converge in the…
- Trial name
- NCT07539025
- Testing
- SCAP, MagPro X100, Digitimer DS8R
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Spinal Cord Injury
Neuromodulation to Improve Grasping Function After SCI
The goal of this study is to restore the activities of late descending signals with a noninvasive stimulation approach in combination with hand motor training to improve hand function in persons with cervical SCI.
- Trial name
- NCT07433959
- Testing
- iTBS, PCMS, Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Spinal Cord Injuries, Rehabilitation
Feasibility of Home-Based Rehabilitation on Body Composition, Some Anthropometric Measures and Muscular Strength After Interruption 4-5 Years of Spinal Cord Injury: Serial Cases Study on ISIS War Survivors in Iraq
Feasibility of Home-Based Rehabilitation on Body Composition, some Anthropometric Measures and Muscular Strength after interruption 4-5 years of Spinal Cord Injury: Serial Cases Study on ISIS War Survivors in Iraq Summary…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Rehabilitation, Exercises
- Trial name
- HBRP-SCI (NCT06230627)
- Testing
- Home-Based Rehabilitation rogram
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Mosul
Spinal Cord Injuries
Non-invasive Cervical Electrical Stimulation for SCI
Most spinal cord injuries (SCI) are anatomically incomplete - some nerve circuits remain intact, even if the individual cannot feel or control them. Activating spared nerve circuits may improve functional recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT03414424
- Testing
- CES at rest, CES plus active hand or wrist movements
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bronx VA Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injuries
NeuroSuitUp: Neurorehabilitation Through Synergistic Man-machine Interfaces
NeuroSuitUp is a multidisciplinary neurophysiological \& neural rehabilitation engineering project, developed by the Lab of Medical Physics \& Digital Innovation, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science Aristotle University…
- Trial name
- NeuroSuitUp (NCT05465486)
- Testing
- Brain-Computer Interface control of robotic arms with augmented reality, Serious game with augmented reality
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Spinal Cord Injury
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study
This study will investigate how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered as a protocol called 'continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS)' alters motor output and force control to a muscle in the forearm and touch…
- Trial name
- NCT02351921
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Spinal Cord Injuries
Neural Facilitation of Movements in People With SCI
Spinal cord injury leads to long-lasting paralysis and impairment. Re-enabling movement of paralyzed areas is challenging and more information is needed about neurological recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT05354206
- Testing
- Electrophysiology assessment - corticospinal tract, Electrophysiology assessment - reticulospinal tract, Training with some stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Spinal Cord Injuries
Implementation of the ProACTIVE Toolkit in the Hospital and Community Setting
There is a significant drop in physical activity among people with spinal cord injury in the months following discharge from rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT04493606
- Testing
- SCI ProACTIVE Coaching (objective 1), Implementation Intervention (objective 2)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Spinal Cord Injuries, Drug Effect
Acute Effects of Pharmacological Neuromodulation on Leg Motor Activity in Patients With SCI Treated With EES
In a current first-in-man study, called Stimulation Movement Overground (STIMO) (NCT02936453; CER-VD: 04-2014; Swissmedic: 2016-MD-0002), epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the spinal cord is applied to enable individuals…
- Trial name
- STIMO-PHARMA (NCT04052776)
- Testing
- Buspirone, Levodopa-Carbidopa, Buspirone + Levodopa-Carbidopa
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, Transverse Myelitis
Ultrasound Imaging Based Sensing of Human Ankle Motion Intent and Control Strategies for Ankle Assistance
Robotic therapies aim to improve limb function in individuals with neurological injury. Modulation of robotic assistance in many of these therapies is achieved by measuring the extant volitional strength of limb muscles.
- Trial name
- NCT05249595
- Testing
- Surface electromypgraphy-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices, Ultrasound imaging-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices, Surface electromypgraphy and ultrasound imaging-based interface to predict human ankle joint motion intent and use in ankle assistive devices
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University