Robotic vs. regular walking therapy: which helps spinal cord injury patients more?
NCT ID NCT04781621
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether robotic gait training helps people with spinal cord injury walk better compared to standard walking therapy. 115 patients in inpatient rehab took part. The goal was to measure improvements in walking ability and speed.
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Study facts
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- 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.
- Participants
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115 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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16 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * 16 - 85 Years of Age * All types of incomplete Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) (traumatic and non-traumatic) * Acute/Subacute phase of recovery * Medically stable as deemed by physician * Undergoing medical care and inpatient rehabilitation at BSW * Both genders and all races and ethnicities * Meet the Ekso robotic exoskeleton frame limitations * Continence of or a program for bladder and bowel management Exclusion Criteria * Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) * Degenerative diagnoses * Wound located in proximity to the exoskeleton frame * Severe osteoporosis/-penia as shown with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) * Pre-morbid developmental disability, significant psychological diagnosis, or other cognitive impairment
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
Dallas, Texas, 75246, United States
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