NCT05744271Completed
Evaluation of FES+VFBT With Individuals With Lived Experience
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Falls are a concern for people living with spinal cord injury (SCI) or stroke. Falls may result in injury and a fear of falling, which often cause people to restrict their mobility and daily activities. Despite its importance, fall prevention for people with SCI or stroke has not been studied in detail, and as a result, there is a lack of treatments to address their high fall risk. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is the application of a mild electrical stimulus to a muscle that helps it move better. In this study, the MyndSearch device will be used to deliver FES. The visual feedback balance training (VFBT) is similar to playing a video game on a balance board while following visual cues on a screen. The purpose of this study is to evaluate an intervention that combines FES and VFBT to improve balance and lead to the recovery of safe mobility in individuals living with neurological disease or injury (e.g., spinal cord injury, stroke).
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Jan 2023
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2023
- Primary completion date
- 22 May 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT05744271
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 18
- From 1 Apr 2023 to the primary completion date, 22 May 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- a prior lower extremity fragility fracture
Other illness
- contraindications for FES (i.e. implanted electronic device, active cancer or radiation in past six months, uncontrolled epilepsy, skin rash/wound at an electrode site, pregnancy, active deep vein thrombosis)31
- contraindications for TMS (i.e. history of epilepsy and/or seizures)
Other
- an injection of botulinum toxin to leg muscles in the past two weeks or injection planned during treatment period
- peripheral nerve damage in the legs
Who the study is looking for
- Individuals with a non-progressive, motor incomplete SCI/D (i.e. American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) C or D) or a middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke
- chronic stage of recovery (i.e. \>1 year post-SCI/D or stroke), when natural recovery has plateaued
- ≥18 years old
- able to stand independently for 60 seconds
- moderate level of trunk control as evidenced by the ability to reach forward \>2 inches in standing (i.e. score of 1-3 on the Berg Balance Scale Reaching Forward task);
- free of any other condition besides SCI/D or stroke that significantly affects walking or balance (e.g., no vestibular disorder, significant vision loss)
- able to understand spoken English
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
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