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Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
FES cycling is a method of applying low level electrical currents to the leg and buttock muscles to cause the weakened or paralyzed muscles to contract and produce a cycling motion of the legs. The FES cycling in this study will be done through a device called the RT300-SL Cycle Ergometer. Although this device has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use by individuals with spinal cord injury, we are trying to find out the best way to use it in order to obtain the greatest benefits in an attempt to improve functional recovery.
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
History of traumatic spinal cord injury sustained at least 6 months prior
Complete spinal cord injury at any level American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale A
No use of functional electrical stimulation within 3 months
Medically stable, with no recent (1 month or less) inpatient admission for acute medical or surgical issues
Legally able to make own health care decisions
You may not be if
Cardiovascular disease as defined by previous myocardial infarction, unstable angina, requirement for anti platelet agents, congestive heart failure, or stroke, history of arrhythmia with hemodynamic instability
Uncontrolled hypertension (resting systolic blood pressure (BP) \>160mmHg or diastolic BP \>100mmHg consistently)
Concurrent lower motor neuron disease such as peripheral neuropathy that would exclude lower extremity electrical excitability
Unstable long bone fractures of the lower extremities
Subjects who are unwilling to agree to two (2) CSF examinations (lumbar punctures)
Presence of cardiac pacemaker and/or defibrillator
Presence of cancer
History of epileptic seizures
Subjects having a Stage 2 or greater sacral decubitus ulcer
Women who are pregnant
Active drug or alcohol use or dependence
Clareo Health | Study on Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Cycling Following Spinal Cord Injury
