Recruiting
Phase 1
Phase 2

Vibration Therapy

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00624988

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Vibration Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the effect of lower limb vibration therapy on bone density in the tibia in patients with spinal cord injury. The second purpose is to assess the neuromuscular junction variability at the motor units of the tibialis anterior muscle after a sequence of lower limb vibration therapy

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Study ID

NCT00624988

Start date

Jul, 2008

Status verified date

Oct, 2008

Completion date

Feb, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Over the age of 18 years
  • A spinal cord injury patient with injury above T12
  • Injury below T4 to avoid respiratory complication.
  • An ASIA classification of A or B

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non complicating organic factors such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke
  • Exercise where electrical therapy is used while the trial is being conducted
  • A bone density measure 3 times below normal mineralization levels as measured on the first bone density scan prior to entry in to the study
  • Surgical implants below the level of T12
  • Local infection, acute inflammation, injury, tumors or other malignancy, recent wounds, diabetes
  • Any unstable joints of the lower extremity, recent hip and knee joints or fitted hip or knee pins, bolts and/or plates
  • Acute thrombosis
  • Severe migraine, epilepsy
  • Serious cardiovascular disease, wearing a pacemaker
  • Any Spinal manipulation within one year of the study
  • Any implanted device or prosthesis or intrauterine IUD type of device pregnancy

Study Design

Enrollment

10 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Vibration Therapy

Treatment will consist of 10 sessions of 60 seconds each with one minute intervals in between at 50 Hz frequency three times per week for three months.

Interventions

Vibration Therapy

Treatment will consist of 10 sessions of 60 seconds each with one minute intervals in between at 50 Hz frequency three times per week for three months.

Primary outcome measure

  • Bone density scan [ Time Frame: within 7 days pre/post intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

David V Lenihan, DC, PhD

(314) 614-5005davidvlenihan@hotmail.com

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

Contacts

Dennis Enix, DC, MBA

636-230-1951dennis.enix@logan.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Oct 17, 2008

Last verified

Oct, 2008

Keywords

  • Spinal cord injury
  • vibration therapy
  • bone density

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2008-10-17.