The University of Melbourne researchers are looking for people to participate in Restoration of Respiratory and Upper Limb Function after cervical Spinal Cord Injury (RRULI Trial).
Researchers are conducting the RRULI trial want to invite people with cervical Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to participate in this first home-based clinical trial investigating Therapeutic Intermittent Hypoxia (brief exposure to low oxygen air) and exercise training to improve breathing and arm strength and function.
Who can participate?
• If you are over the age of 18 years old
• Have tetraplegia (levels C2-T1)
• Have an incomplete injury – with evidence of motor incomplete paralysis in the upper limb
• And had your injury (or onset of impairment) at least 12months ago
Interested in joining the study?
Contact Laura Stendell – Trial Coordinator
Email: laura.stendell@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 0468 862 693
Or visit UMelb website Breathing, Exercise and Sleep Therapies in Neuromuscular Disease (BEST) RRULI | The University of Melbourne.
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