Nervous System Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
transcranial magnetic stimulation and body weight supported treadmill
Body weight supported treadmill
Sponsors
Ahmed mohamed elsaied
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Forty male patients with traumatic incomplete spinal cord injury at mid thoracic level (T6-T12) according to American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) scale motor and sensory for lower limb (5) . -Patient's age ranged from 25 to 45 years. -Duration of illness ranged from three months to 12 months. -Spastcity of the paretic lower limb was not more than grade 2 according to the Modified aschowrth scale (MAS). -Degree of weakness in paretic lower limb muscles wasn’t less than (grade 2) according to group muscle test.(not less than ASIA B according to ASIA scale.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Other causes of spinal cord disorders e.g : Neoplastic, Multiple Sclerosis , infected disorder of spinal cord , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , T.B. or myelopathy. -Cardiac pacemaker
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| increase at Walking index for spinal cord injury and 10 meter walk test at the experimental group | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in SF-36 scale overall score in the experimental group | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAhmed Hassanen
PhD student of physical therapy for neurological disorders.cairo university
Outcome results
None listed