Electric rowing machine study for paralysis pulled before it began
NCT ID NCT04821635
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study planned to test whether training on a rowing machine that uses electrical stimulation to move the legs could improve fitness in adults with traumatic paraplegia. Participants would have trained for 6 months, but the trial was withdrawn before anyone enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Rower assisted by electrostimulation (FES-ROW)
- What this could lead to
- If it had worked, this could point toward a way to improve heart and lung fitness in people with spinal cord injuries using a special rowing machine.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was withdrawn before any participants enrolled, so we have no data on whether the approach is safe or effective. It remains an untested idea.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2024
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Paraplegia with traumatic origin * Spinal cord injury AIS (ASIA Impairment Scale) score A and B at least 12 months old * Patient having given written consent * Patient with social security scheme * Ability to obtain a leg extension with a 30-minute electrostimulation program Exclusion Criteria: * Protected adults (person in guardianship, curators or legal protection) * Presence of contraindication criteria to carrying out a stress test or sustained physical activity decided by the doctor following the person with spinal cord injury. * Drug treatment with cardiovascular or antidepressant effect * Pressure sore * Other associated neurological pathologies (stroke, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy, head trauma, ...) * Affection of the shoulders of any etiology that could compromise the ability to use the rower. * Spasticity of the lower limbs: Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) greater than or equal to 2/4 (specifically quadriceps / Hamstrings) * Participation in another study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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HIA Desgenettes
Lyon, Rhône, 69003, France
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SSR Val Rosay UGECAM
Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, Rhône, 69370, France
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