Physical Activity Guidelines for People With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

NCT ID: NCT01368172

Last Updated: 2014-04-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE1
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2013-06-30

Brief Summary

The first evidence-based physical activity guidelines for people with spinal cord injury were released in March, 2011. This project will evaluate the implementation of the new physical activity guidelines in a community exercise setting in Hamilton, Ontario. The investigators hypothesize that persons who follow the guidelines will experience increased aerobic fitness and muscle strength. The investigators also hypothesize that participants will find the guidelines easy to follow and that their self-efficacy for participating in physical activity will be improved following the study period.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Physical Activity Guidelines

Participants randomized to this arm received training/guidance on following the physical activity guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical Activity Guidelines

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the Physical Activity Guidelines Arm will be asked to participate in at least 20 minutes of moderate to heavy intensity aerobic activity 2 times per week as well as strength training exercises (moderate intensity) 2 times per week. The Control Arm will not be supervised to follow the physical activity guidelines

Control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Physical Activity Guidelines

Participants in the Physical Activity Guidelines Arm will be asked to participate in at least 20 minutes of moderate to heavy intensity aerobic activity 2 times per week as well as strength training exercises (moderate intensity) 2 times per week. The Control Arm will not be supervised to follow the physical activity guidelines

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• adults with spinal cord injury who have been given clearance to exercise by their primary care physician (or healthcare team)

Exclusion Criteria

• ventilatory support
• inability to voluntarily participate in upper body exercises
• inability to communicate in English
• ongoing infection
• unstable autonomic dysreflexia

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Rick Hansen Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

McMaster University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Audrey Hicks, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

McMaster University

Locations

Centre for Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

HicksPAGs

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id