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Status unknownNCT00624988SCIUpdated Oct 17, 2008

The Effect of Vibration Therapy on the Bone Density of the Tiba in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Vibration Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury, sponsored by Logan College of Chiropractic. Status unknown at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-10-17.

Sponsored by Logan College of Chiropractic · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2008), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study 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

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Conditions studied

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords

  • Spinal cord injury
  • vibration therapy
  • bone density
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In context

Spinal Cord Injuries

1,988 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries; 516 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 24 across 1,594 interventional studies indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries.

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Lead sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic is the lead sponsor of 50 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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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

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
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study 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.

    Procedure: Vibration Therapy

Interventions

  • ProcedureVibration 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.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Bone density scan

    Time frame: within 7 days pre/post intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Single fiber EMG at neuromuscular junction

    Time frame: 7 days pre/post intervention

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Logan College of Chiropractic
    Chesterfield, Missouri 63006, United States
    Not yet recruiting
  • Logan College of Chiropractic
    Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, United States
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 17, 2008, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00624988
Lead sponsor
Logan College of Chiropractic
First posted
Feb 28, 2008
Start date
Jul 2008
Primary completion
Feb 2009 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2009 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 17, 2008

Study contacts

David V Lenihan, DC, PhD
Contact
davidvlenihan@hotmail.com
(314) 614-5005
David V Lenihan, DC, PhD
principal investigator · Logan College of Chiropractic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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