Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:21 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:21 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03036527
Brief Summary:
Bladder and sexual dysfunction consistently ranks as one of the top disorders affecting quality of life after spinal cord injury. The insights of how activity-based training affects bladder function may prove to be useful to other patient populations with bladder and sexual dysfunction such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and stroke, as well as stimulate investigations of training's effects within other systems such as bowel dysfunction. Locomotor training could help promote functional recovery and any insights gained from these studies will enhance further investigation of the effect of bladder functioning after spinal cord injury. In addition, as suggested by a study of one of our initial participants, a reduction in the use and/or dosage of medication to enhance sexual function is a possible outcome, medications which carry risks and side effects.
Detailed Description:
Objectives: To determine the effects of weight-bearing task-specific training for locomotion (stepping on a treadmill) after traumatic incomplete and complete spinal cord injury in humans on a) urodynamic parameters and b) sexual function outcomes. Weight-bearing (stand-only) and non-weight-bearing exercise (i.e. arm crank) will serve as controls.
Study:
NCT03036527
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03036527