CompletedNot Applicable

Cognitive Rehabilitation and FES for Hand Functionality in Persons With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

16 participantsStarted 2016-09-01

Plain-language summary

16 persons affected by Cervical-SCI were recruited for the study and randomly assigned to the Control Group (CG) or to the Experimental Group (EG). Persons of the CG (n = 8) executed 20 sessions of FES for the rehabilitation of hand functions (grasp or pinch), participants of the EG (n = 8) performed 20 sessions of FES and CBA in addition. The primary assessment was a modified version of Bimanual Activity Test (10 tasks); also, SCIM-II and measurement of grasping strength only in participants submitted to grasp rehabilitation were evaluated.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 75 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * C-SCI with neurological level between C2-T1; * reduced ability of hand functions; * excitable muscles and FES tolerability. Exclusion Criteria: * any trauma or surgery to the target hand or upper limb within the last 12 months, * amputation of any digits on the target hand, * severe spasticity in the target hand or upper limb preventing use of the instruments, * experienced autonomic dysreflexia or hypotension in response to FES, * any contraindication to FES such as: cardiac pacemaker, epilepsy, forearm fracture, pregnancy, skin lesions, cancer or tumor, intracranial metal implants

What they're measuring

Performance test: Bimanual Ability Test (BAT)

Timeframe: 2 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04566809

SponsorAzienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-10-01

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