None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
We will conduct a pilot cross-over randomised controlled trial to assess feasibility of delivering mobility training using a gait rehabilitation technology. Upon enrolment, participants will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control group (1:1 ratio), before crossing over to the other arm of the trial. All treatments will be provided at the University of South Australia (UniSA) Health and Medical Clinic through a student led service, supervised by qualified clinicians.
Interventions
Body weight support treadmill training, 10 sessions (two sessions per week, 5 week duration, adherence monitoried at each session), 60 minutes per session. Sessions will be conducted by physiotherapists in one-on-one sessions. This technology includes mechanical assistance to facilitate limb movement (hip/knee flexion/extension), augmented reality (walking through a forest), visual feedback (for foot placement). Speed and body weight support will be set to individual appropriate levels as determ
Body weight support treadmill training, 10 sessions (two sessions per week, 5 week duration, adherence monitoried at each session), 60 minutes per session. Sessions will be conducted by physiotherapists in one-on-one sessions. This technology includes mechanical assistance to facilitate limb movement (hip/knee flexion/extension), augmented reality (walking through a forest), visual feedback (for foot placement). Speed and body weight support will be set to individual appropriate levels as determined by the therapist. Minimum 5 week wash out between arms of the study.
Sponsors
University of South Australia
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be eligible for inclusion if they are aged >18 years and have mobility impairments (defined as functional ambulation category of 0-4) following lower-limb amputation, brain or spinal cord injury. Specific inclusion criteria for lower-limb amputees and people with spinal cord injury are: Amputees will be required to have a prosthesis (K-level 1 or 2, indicating a limited household, or limited community ambulator), people with spinal cord injury will be required to have an incomplete spinal cord injury and categorised as ASIA impairment scale C or D (i.e. some motor function preserved below the neurological level).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria for all participants will be inability to follow two-step commands, travel to the treatment site, or pre-existing mobility impairments that are unrelated to the amputation, brain or spinal cord injury.
Outcome results
None listed