Robotic-assisted Locomotor Training on Mobility and Cardiopulmonary Function in Patients Suffering From Spinal Cord Injury

Launched by KOWLOON HOSPITAL, HONG KONG · Nov 20, 2013

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ClinConnect Summary

Participants will be recruited from the spinal cord rehabilitation unit of Physiotherapy Department of Kowloon Hospital. Subjects will be allocated into intervention group or control group by using sealed envelope and they will be blinded for their group allocation. All participants will undergo standard physiotherapy program, including mobilization and strengthening exercise of limbs, trunk stabilization training, wheelchair maneuver training and overground walking training. Based on this standard training program twice per week, 60 minutes per session, participants will receive an additio...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • adult patient with age 18 or above
• • suffering from incomplete spinal cord injury with classification B, C or D under the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNSCI)
• • lesion level above or at T12; acquired the injury not more than 24 months at the time of recruitment
• • traumatic or non-traumatic, non-progressive lesion
• • able to tolerate standing on tilt-table in 90 degrees for more than 30 minutes
• • able to walk with or without orthosis but requires manual assistance in walking.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • fracture of spine or lower limbs which is not yet stabilized
• • severe osteoporosis or at high risk of pathological fracture
• • symptomatic postural hypotension; cardiac disease which is not recommended for moderate intensity exercise
• • severe muscle spasticity over lower limbs
• • severe lower limbs fixed contractures
• • leg length discrepancy for more than 2 centimeters
• • body weight exceeding 135 kilograms