Spinal cord injury: Chronic phase
Conditions
Interventions
Closed-loop, non-invasive, transvertebral magnetic spinal cord stimulation triggered by artificial neural connection
Sponsors
Kikuchi Naohisa
Nishimura Yukio
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age: 18-70 (2) Under the agreement with written consent form (3) (Diagnosed as spinal cord injury by a physician (4) ASIA D or worse than D (5) Chronic phase after injury (6) Have upper limb motor function for the use of artificial neural connection
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Fit into following cases History of harmful sides effects due to magnetic or electrical stimulation, History of seizure or epilepsy, Disease or injury of head, brain, peripheral nerves including brain surgery, Medical device implantation such as cardiac pacemaker, neurosurgical clips, battery or pumps, non-titanium metal implants in the head or the stimulus target area of trunk, Chronic severe migraine, Suspicion of pregnancy, history of seizure or epilepsy in family members (2) Inappropriate patient decided by a physician (3) Current participation in clinical trials for an unapproved drug or clinical device
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety of application of artificial neural connection | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Artificial neural connection induced walking, Voluntary walking, ASIA scale, Modified Ashworth scale, Motor evoked potential elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation, Motor evoked potential elicited by transcvertebral magnetic stimulation, Leg movements produced by transvertebral magnetic stimulation, Overground walking, Magnetic resonance imaging | — |
Contacts
Public ContactTakashi Murayama
Chiba Rehabilitation Center
Outcome results
None listed