Walking Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury: Locomotor Training Using Adaptive Robotics

About this trial

This trial is recruiting individuals with incomplete spinal cord injuries to test the safety and usefulness of a robotic training device called the hybrid assistive limb (HAL). The main goal is to test safely of the device for walking (locomotor) training, and to see if it can improve walking. The study focuses on repetitive practice and appropriate stepping movements that are believed to activate spinal nerve networks and promote rhythmic motor activity associated with walking. Participants will receive 60 training sessions for 2 hours, 5 training sessions per week, for 12 weeks. With the device attached to the lower body, participants will train both on a treadmill and over ground for 45 minutes. Final walking tests will be done 20 weeks after the start of the study.