Performance and Nutrition Program for Athletes in Adaptive Sports

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries; Physical Disability

Treatments: Behavioral: Training & Nutrition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03392155

17-005392

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are trying to evaluate and recommend sustainable and effective health and wellness programs for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and other physical disabilities.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Group1 (Group with spinal cord injury):

• Participants with traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury
• Able to perform progressive exercise program
• Willingness to participate in study

Group 2 (Able-bodied group):

• Functional upper extremity range of motion
• Able to perform progressive exercise program
• Willingness to participate in study

Group3 (Other physical disability group):

• Participants with a physical disability other than spinal cord injury
• Able to perform progressive exercise program
• Willingness to participate in study

Exclusion criteria

All groups:

• Any documented or reported health condition that would be contraindicated to a progressive exercise program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Training & Nutrition

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive performance training twice a week for 12 weeks and group and individual nutritional counseling during the 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training & Nutrition