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Promoting Recovery Outcomes Through Precise Early Locomotor Interventions in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

This study is looking at how a specific type of walking therapy, called Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT), affects walking ability after a traumatic spinal cord injury. BWSTT involves wearing a harness for support while walking on a treadmill. Researchers want to see if starting this therapy at different times within the first six months after injury changes how well it works. You might be able to join if you are between 16 and 74 years old, have a recent traumatic spinal cord injury, can put some weight on your legs, and can tolerate wearing a harness. The main goal is to measure your walking ability using a 10-meter walk test shortly after the therapy. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 108 participants. It will compare the effects of Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) when started at different times.
What's involved
Participants will undergo walking training sessions using a harness for body weight support or safety while walking on a treadmill.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your walking ability will be measured 1-5 days following the intervention.

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NCT06176833

Promoting Recovery Outcomes Through Precise Early Locomotor Interventions in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Recruiting
NAAges 16–75InterventionalTreatment
Milap Sandhu
~108 participants
Updated 2026-07-06 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
10 Meter walk test
Measured over 1-5 days Following Intervention

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries

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Where it's being run

2 sites across 2 states
Illinois1
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Milap Sandhu, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Who to contact

Alexander Barry, MS, CCRC
[email protected]
3122381435
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

History of Acute and Traumatic SCI with AIS classification of B, C, or D between the neurological levels of C5 and T12
Between the ages of 16-74
Weight bearing as tolerated in bilateral lower extremities
Able to tolerate a harness
Ability to provide informed consent. For minors, consent of parents or primary caregivers/guardians and assent of the minor
Able to provide informed consent within 60 days of injury onset
Able to participate in all study related activities, including 1-year follow up

Exclusion

Orthopedic injuries, fractures, surgeries, or other conditions affecting locomotor function or weight bearing
A weight over 250lbs and if so a BMI greater than 30, or deemed clinically inappropriate due to body habitus
Moderate to sever traumatic brain injury of other neurological conditions at a severity which impairs cognition
Presence of uncontrolled orthostatic hypotension that limits active participation in intense physical rehabilitation program.
Other medical complications such as severe heart failure or large/deep pelvic or lower abdominal wounds that may limit the ability to safely don and doff a harness for ambulation
Pregnancy, as confirmed by blood draw

What this trial measures

  • 10 Meter walk test1-5 days Following Intervention

    Used to assess walking speed, time taken to walk 10 meters at fastest pace