Spinal cord injury sequelae
Conditions
Interventions
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A retrospective observational study of the effects of long-term training integrating a non-invasive brain-machine interface (BMI), with visuotactile feedback and locomotion training in 16 individuals
Training with brain-machine control of virtual reality avatar (BMI-VR): During this training, the participants had to imagine moving their legs
the decoded motor intention commanded the walk of an avatar seen in the first person, presented to the participant through a head-mounted display. The brain activity generated from the imagined moveme
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Sponsors
Associação Alberto Santos Dumont para Apoio à Pesquisa
Associação Alberto Santos Dumont para Apoio à Pesquisa
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 18 years old or over; Lesion T4 to L2; SCI AIS A, B, C or D; Presence of chronic, traumatic, six months to 3 years of SCI.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Has seizures; Has contractures in the legs (shortening of a muscle or tendon); Do not have time for project activities; Participates in other research; Cardiopulmonary instability; Abuse of alcohol or drugs, psychiatric illness, or history of head trauma with loss of consciousness within 3 months of recruitment; Use of drugs known to exert negative effects on motor recovery; Cognitive deficit; Pregnancy or of childbearing potential and not using adequate contraception; Presence of ferromagnetic material in the skull, except in the mouth; Presence of cardiac and/or neural pacemakers; Untreated depression; Spasticity at the lower end of a MAS score equal or higher than 2; Uncontrolled diabetes; Severe osteoporosis; Decubitus ulcer that may interfere with the belt placement or any other necessary feature of the LT BWST-assisted robot and the exoskeleton.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| EXPECTED: Exoskeleton control by means of the cerebral and muscular electrical activities of the participants, captured non-invasively by EEG/EMG.;OBSERVED: Exoskeleton control by means of the cerebral and muscular electrical activities of the participants captured non-invasively by EEG/EMG. ;OBSERVED: Partial neurological recovery demonstrated as the evolution in the AIS score. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| EXPECTED: Sensorization of the ICM system through tactile and proprioceptive artificial feedback based on cutaneous space-time stimulation.;EXPECTED: Change in perception of the body schema of the research participants. ;OBSERVED: Sensorization of the BMI system through tactile and proprioceptive artificial feedback based on cutaneous space-time stimulation. ;OBSERVED: Change in perception of the body schema of the research participants. ;OBSERVED: Improvement of cardiovascular, urinary, intestinal and sexual functions, self-esteem and quality of life of the participants. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAdriana Jorge Ferreira
Associação Alberto Santos Dumont para Apoio à Pesquisa
Outcome results
None listed