Electrical and breathing therapy to improve unassisted cough after spinal injury
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether pairing electrical stimulation with breathing muscle training can help you cough without needing assistance. It’s for people recovering from a spinal cord injury within the last year, and who can safely feel and respond to the electrical stimulation.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have a spinal cord injury (from trauma or other causes) from C2 to T12
- Your injury happened less than 12 months ago, and you’re currently in inpatient rehab
- You can understand and speak English well enough to follow instructions
- When they apply the electrical stimulation, you feel a muscle contraction
- You don’t have a pacemaker or epilepsy, and you’re not pregnant
- You don’t have open tracheostomy, open wounds, or metal implants where the electrode would go
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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