Publications by authors named "Sue Paddison"
Article Synopsis
- The Early and Intensive Motor Training Trial aims to evaluate if 10 weeks of high-dosage motor training can enhance neurological recovery in individuals with spinal cord injuries.
- This study will involve 220 participants across various European countries and Australia, focusing on how the training impacts recovery outcomes.
- The research will utilize a process evaluation framework to analyze factors that may influence the effectiveness and future implementation of the intervention, while also ensuring ethical standards are upheld throughout the trial.
Study Design: Protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the SCI-MT trial).
Objectives: To determine whether 10 weeks of intensive motor training enhances neurological recovery in people with recent spinal cord injury (SCI).
Setting: Fifteen spinal injury units in Australia, Scotland, England, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium.
Background: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) cycling can benefit health and may lead to neuroplastic changes following incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Our theory is that greater neurological recovery occurs when electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves is combined with voluntary effort. In this pilot study, we investigated the effects of a one-month training programme using a novel device, the iCycle, in which voluntary effort is encouraged by virtual reality biofeedback during FES cycling.
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