Effect of ankle exoskeleton assistance on the walking function and the biomechanics of lower limbs in incomplete spinal cord injury patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2300077650

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2023-11-15

Start date

2023-11-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-11-21

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Conditions

spinal cord injury

Interventions

Experimental Group:Walking assistance using the ankle exoskeleton

Control Group:receive routine physical therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged over 18 years; 2. incomplete spinal cord injury (ASIA C or D); 3. Functional Walking Ability Scale (FAC) =2; 4. Onset of disease for at least 1 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe cognitive or speech impairment; 2. Serious bone and joint diseases, such as osteoporosis, joint contracture or joint deformation; 3. Bedsores, skin diseases, wounds or unhealed ulcers in the area that comes into contact with the strap or safety buckle; 4. Improved Ashworth scale lower limb muscle tone > level 2; 5. Uncontrolled hypertension or orthostatic hypotension.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
joint angle;step length;walking speed;walking endurance;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
HbO;HbR;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactNiu Wenxin

Shanghai Yangzhi Rehabilitation Hospital

niu@tongji.edu.cn+86 137 7446 6927

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026